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Javier, You should be able to download data from the Comet CaseStudy archive via: http://www.joss.ucar.edu/cometCases/ I will ask Jeff Weber to send you any information needed to download. In the mean time, I will try to create a sample data set for a tutorial. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support >From: Gempak <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200102141903.f1EJ3mL10952 >Dear Steve: > >After almost two months abscence, I am back trying to learn how to use >Gempak. > >Jimmy Mejia reinstalled Gempak in pluton.efis.ucr.ac.cr using Red Hat >Linux 6.2. This machine has a lot better specifications than the previous >one, and this will its definite site (I hope). Everything seems in >working order, allthough the local data manager is not running. He is on >vacations and I don not know when he will be back to get it started. >In the meantime, I tried to download data files from the comet/Cases >directory, as you suggested, but a password is required. In your last >e-mail you offered to prepare a data set if we needed it. Could you please >send two or three files of surface (*.sfc) , gridded (*.grd), >sounding/upper air (*.snd) and goes imagery . What I want to to do is to >play around with the different programs and to get acquainted with their >options. At this point it does not matter that if the >data set does not make 'physical sense' since I will not be doing any real ana > lysis. >I do not know which is the best way to send the data so I am open to your >suggestions. Probably the easiest thing for you will be the place them in >some address where I can do an anonynous ftp. >Sorry for all the trouble. >Javier Soley > > > > > >