20030501: NLDN to Netcdf?

Jeffrey,

I can answer your question in regards to GEMPAK.

You are not limited to using Garp to display the NLDN data in GEMPAK.
Garp is only a GUI application. Similarly NMAP2 can display the data
from a GUI perspective. 

The dcnldn data decodes the NLDN data to a standard GEMPAK surface ship 
format file. You can use any of the SF programs to display or output the 
data (eg SFMAP to display the data, or SFLIST to output the data for
some other use such as IDV).

GEMPAK and McIDAS both include decoders for NLDM to their own formats.
I don't know of a NetCDF output decoder.

Steve Chiswell



>From: Sitler Jeffrey L Civ AFIT/ENP <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200305011741.h41Hfo7V016739

>Good Afternoon,
>I have received the following question.
>
>I would like to convert the NLDN data (stored in GEMPAK surface data format)
>into something that I could access using IDL.  Is there a conversion program
>that will do this?  Would it be easier to leave a copy of the LDM NLDN data
>as well as converting it to GEMPAK?  I would like to be able to use the data
>for display and analysis without having to use GARP.
>
>
>Is there a way to do this, or is there a way to get the raw data and convert
>it into another usable form?
>
>Thank you
>Jeff
>