20030203: 20030128: Profiler data in GEMPAK

Patrick,

The sample dcncprof actions I provided create 2 files per day named
YYYYMMDD00_6min.gem and YYYYMMDD12_6min.gem for historical reasons
(eg the NCEP distribution is limited to 200 times in a file).
The $GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults file has the profiler template
(at the bottom of the file set to match YYYYMMDDHH_6min.gem.

Since the UPC distribution has 300 times allowed in a file, you can
put all 24 hours * 10 times per hour in a single file...so
I set up a test naming files YYYYMMDD_6min.gem and modified the
$GARPHOME/config/Garp_defaults with YYYYMMDD_6min.gem. 

Both of the above work for me in finding the files.
I did find that some operating systems have diffent defaults for the time
zone locale,  so that the last UTC - Local hours are omitted from the plot,
and have fixed that for the next distribution.

I probably need to see your dcncprof and Garp_defaults configurations
if you have made any changes from the defaults that I provide.
When something used to work, and then it no longer does, I'd first check
to make sure either the pqact.conf invocation wasn't changed, of the
Garp_defaults wasn't. Also, for sanity, make sure you aren't looking
at a different Garp_defaults file (eg, in a local directory
or one configured for case studies, etc).

Steve Chiswell



>From: "Patrick S. Market" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200302031441.h13EfC612724

>Steve:
>
>The SNLIST approach worked fine.  I would have to think that there
>is something amiss in GARP, although this has worked in the past.
>
>Pat
>
>> 
>> 
>> Patrick,
>> 
>> In reading your response to Tom below, it sounds like you are getting
>> profiler data decoded into GEMPAK files, but are having trouble displaying
>> the data in GARP.
>> 
>> Can you verify that the data are correctly decoded and filed, by
>> using snlist, like:
>>  SNFILE   = pro6
>>  AREA     = @hklo2
>>  DATTIM   = all
>>  SNPARM   = sped;drct;hght
>>  STNDEX   =  
>>  LEVELS   = sfc
>>  VCOORD   = hght
>>  OUTPUT   = t
>>  MRGDAT   = yes
>> 
>> That should list out the Haskell Oklahoma surface data for the
>> latest profiler file. If that is OK, then we need to
>> look at the Garp configuration, otherwise probably the decoder
>> invocation.
>> 
>> Steve Chiswell
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >From: "Patrick S. Market" <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> >Keywords: 200301221349.h0MDnQx01334
>> 
>> >Hi Tom.
>> >
>> >Well, the satellite issue resolved itself.  The machine at OU went down 
>> >last week, and did not come back up cleanly.  We are now set that way.
>> >
>> >However, we still are unable to access profiler data.  Each time
>> >I try to do so, I get a message from GARP that no profiler files were
>> >found.  Yet, I have changed nothing regarding where the data are written or
>> >the Garp_defaults file, and we continue to have new hourly and 6min
>> >files created everyday.
>> >
>> >I have called your number below and left the password for ldm.
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Pat
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> >From: "Patrick S. Market" <address@hidden>
>> >> >Organization: U Missouri
>> >> >Keywords: 200301171825.h0HIPgx27808 ldm-mcidas
>> >> 
>> >> Patrick,
>> >> 
>> >> >Hello.  I am writing to you regarding an apparent problem with our LDM
>> >> >and satellite images.  I mistakenly wrote to Jeff Weber, intending to
>> >> >write to you, although I'll be happy to have help from anyone.
>> >> >
>> >> >In a nutshell, we are no longer receiving satellite images into GARP.
>> >> 
>> >> Are you receiving the imagery by the IDD?  If yes, are they being decoded
>> >> by pqact.conf actions?
>> >> 
>> >> >Everything else seems to function well, except for that.  I have looked
>> >> >around, and it seems that we may have lost SATANNOT and SATBAND 
>> >> >from the /etc  in /usr/local/ldm.  However, I have put new copies
>> >> >there, and that does not seem to have worked.
>> >> 
>> >> Have you made any other modifications to the LDM ingestion/decoding
>> >> of Unidata-Wisconsin imagery (IDD feed type MCIDAS or UNIWISC)?
>> >> 
>> >> >I had some other work
>> >> >done on the system on Monday (which should not have impacted the
>> >> >LDM at all), and then rebooted the system on Tuesday.
>> >> 
>> >> Those things that "should have not impacted the LDM" typically turn
>> >> out to be gotchas :-(
>> >> 
>> >> >I failed to
>> >> >restart the LDM after the system reboot until Wednesday.
>> >> 
>> >> OK.
>> >> 
>> >> >Do you have time to take a quick look at our system?
>> >> 
>> >> If you give us a login to your machine as the user 'ldm', I will take
>> >> a quick look at your setup for ingesting and decoding the Unidata-Wiscons
> in
>> >> images.  If this is OK, then the problem is something in your GARP
>> >> setup, and Chiz will have to help you.
>> >> 
>> >> Tom
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>Dept. of Atmospheric Science 
>University of Missouri-Columbia                 Phone:  (573) 882 - 1496  
>387 McReynolds Hall                             Fax:    (573) 884 - 5133 
>Columbia, MO 65211 USA          E-mail: address@hidden
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