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Daryl, This will be in my release. I always try to get these things re-introduced in the source at NCEP so I don't get suprised when a new release overwrites my changes....but I can't guarantee that. I will go back and try to make the code recognize when it is overflowing its arrays. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Daryl Herzmann wrote: > Hi, > On behalf of 12 students in MT 454, Thank you! You're a genious! > > May I ask, will this mod be included in the main releases or shall > I patch future releases locally? > > > Thanks, > Daryl > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Steve Chiswell wrote: > > > > >Daryl, > > > >I believe that this is the same problem as: > >http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/coohl/mhonarc/MailArchives/gempak/msg01750.html > > > >I have attatched 2 routines for the $GEMPAK/source/programs/gd/gdcross > >directory with increased array sizes (I upped them to 360 for 1 degree global > >grids). > > > >Recompile with: > > > >cd $GEMPAK/source/programs/gd/gdcross > >make clean > >make all > >make install > >make clean > > > >I verified that I can plot the 30;-89>30;89 cross section using > >the 1.25x1.25 avn grid. > > > >Steve Chiswell > >Unidata User Support > > > > > > > > > > > >On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Unidata Support wrote: > > > >> > >> >From: Daryl Herzmann <address@hidden> > >> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >> >Keywords: 200111051818.fA5IIj108835 > >> > >> >Hello again, > >> > Sorry about the confusion. The PC is a dual PIII 500. I am > >> >running a Linux XFS kernel built by SGI, since I use the XFS filesystem. > >> >They repackage RedHat kernels with patches to support XFS. Hopefully XFS > >> >will be in the mainline 2.5 kernel someday, anyway... > >> > > >> > Let me simplify the question a bit. Can you produce a plot of > >> >zonal wind averaged over the entire AVN thinned grid and have the YAXIS > >> >properly labeled? If you can produce this plot, can you tell me on what > >> >OS / version of GEMPAK you were able to do that? If gdcross can do it on > >> >your machine, then I will give you more info. > >> > > >> > I will compile 5.6.e.1 up on my Origin 2000 (IRIX 6.5.13) and see > >> >what it does this afternoon. My first IRIX test was on a little O2 box. > >> > > >> >Thanks, > >> > Daryl > >> > > >> >On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Unidata Support wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >>Daryl, > >> >> > >> >>As you know, RH on an SGI isn't a configuration we have to test on. > >> >>Is the SGI a PC type (little endian) or is it a big endian architecture? > >> >>The Linux flags in the code are based on the word size and byte order of > >> >>PCs, > >> >>so if your configuration doesn't match this, then you will have trouble. > >> >> > >> >>I can investigate any problems you have under IRIX. > >> >>Can you describe the sequence leading to the core dump and provide > >> >>your parameter settings (last.nts and gemglb.nts) files? > >> >> > >> >>Steve Chiswell > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>>From: Daryl Herzmann <address@hidden> > >> >>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata > >> >>>Keywords: 200111030231.fA32VU112556 > >> >> > >> >>>Hello, > >> >>> I downloaded and compiled GEMPAK 5.6.e.1 tonight and tried my > >> >>>zonal wind plot of global thinned AVN data and continue to get the same > >> >>>results as reported > >> >>>http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/4652 > >> >>>http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/gempak/4647 > >> >>> > >> >>> I am running on RH Linux 7.1 (2.4.9-6SGI_XFS_PR4smp) > >> >>> > >> >>> I tried to replicate the behavior on a IRIX box, but I get bus > >> >>>errors with a core dump. The IRIX box is running 5.6.c.1 > >> >>> > >> >>>Idears? Thanks, > >> >>> Daryl > >> >>> > >> >>>-- > >> >>>/** > >> >>> * Daryl Herzmann (address@hidden) > >> >>> * Program Assistant -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet > >> >>> * http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu > >> >>> */ > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >>**************************************************************************** > >> >>Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata > >> >>Program > >> >>(303)497-8644 P.O. Box > >> >>3000 > >> >>address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 > >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >>Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ > >> >>**************************************************************************** > >> >> > >> > > >> >-- > >> >/** > >> > * Daryl Herzmann (address@hidden) > >> > * Program Assistant -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet > >> > * http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu > >> > */ > >> > > >> > >> > > > > -- > /** > * Daryl Herzmann (address@hidden) > * Program Assistant -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet > * http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu > */ > >