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20020716: documentation for GEMPAK grids

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  • Subject: 20020716: documentation for GEMPAK grids
  • Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:18:54 -0600
>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