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>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200207161919.g6GJJuH14446 >One of our programmers would like to write a fast/possibly multithreaded >C routine for producing radar imagery from GEMPAK grids created >by gdradr (the big ones that I make, 2200x1800). Could >you point me in a spot where he could learn more about the format of the >GEMPAK grid files..or is this pretty much something where >you look at the code to learn more about it. We would be willing >to donate back whatever came out of the project. > >Thanks, >Robert > >Robert Mullenax >Weather Systems Administrator >Universal Weather and Aviation > Robert, The high level overview is $GEMPAK/txt/gemlib/dmlib.txt Thats incredibly brief, but does describe the basic purpose of the $GEMPAK/source/gempak/dm routines Steve Chiswell