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20010322: 20010322: global RAOBS

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  • Subject: 20010322: 20010322: global RAOBS
  • Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 11:28:05 -0700
Glenn,

Garp uses the 5th line of $GARPHOME/tables/master_garp.tbl to define what
table is used for the upper air stations.

This is by default set to snstns.tbl, which is found in $GARPHOME/tables.
The snstns.tbl file in Garp has been cut down considerably from those
in $GEMTBL/stns (eg snstns.tbl and snworld.tbl).

Several ways to use a different table in Garp.

1) mv $GARPHOME/tables/snstns.tbl to snstns.tbl.orig and copy
   $GEMTBL/stns/snstns.tbl to that directory.

or

2) Edit $GARPHOME/tables/master_garp.tbl and change the snstns.tbl entry to
an alternative file name and copy/create that table in $GARPHOME/tables.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support





>From: "Glenn Rutledge" <address@hidden>
>Organization: NCDC
>Keywords: 200103221753.f2MHrcL18642

>Thanks Steve-
>Of course I want to see a vertical cross section (skew-t), and you say it's
>possible to modify the garp tables.  I suppose I could change that...if I knew
>how.   I'll look at it...    thanks once again- Glenn
>
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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
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