20010322: global RAOBS

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>Folks-
>I'm trying to plot/use global RAOBS using N-SHARP but of course the map
>backgrounds for n-sharp are limited to CONUS.  Any thoughts or
>suggestions?    Thanks, Glenn Rutledge-NCDC.
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Glenn,

The CONUS map is hard coded into NSHARP. You can use snprof to display any
sounding globally. Garp also plots soundings, but the default 
$GARPHOME/tables/snstns.tbl is not a global table. You can change that.

I will have to investigate whether a map selection can be added to NSHARP
sincee it will also be useful with the aircraft obs.

Steve Chiswell