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20020731: AREA Files

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  • Subject: 20020731: AREA Files
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:20:30 -0600 (MDT)
The McIDAS file uses a different platform number. You will have to add the
appropriate entry in the $GEMTBL/sat/imgtyp.tbl file.

My code creates the original nex2gini image with mapping to GINI 99 to
AREA 11. I believe that the ADDE server is leaving the number as 99.

Steve Chiswell

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Robert Dewey wrote:

> Hey Steve,
> 
> I am downloading McIDAS AREA files from the ADDE server, and am trying to 
> display them in GEMPAK. I can get the satellite images to work just fine. The 
> problem comes in with the national nexrad composite images (from the 
> NEXRCOMP/1KN0R-NAT feed). The image loads, but the data is all white where 
> there should be reflectivies. I see the color bar for the image, and that 
> looks alright, so I dont believe its the color table Im using. And in NMAP2, 
> I get no errors from the error widget.
> Is GEMPAK not able to display nexrad in AREA format correctly?
> Please help.
> 
> Thanks
> Robert Dewey
>