20030702: 20030702: pqact.conf entry to get SuomiNet and msfc

Pat,

Instructions on generating a pqact.conf file for your Gemenviron (GEMTBL
and GEMPK environmental variables) are provided:
http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/configuration.html

Steve Chiswell


>From: "Patrick S. Market" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200307021933.h62JXJLd028641

>Steve:
>
>Thanks.  That did it!
>
>I didn't realize that the templates existed in  
>$NAWIPS/ldm/etc/templates/gempak_decoders.in
>
>I'll peruse those for my other problems before writing next.
>
>Thanks again.
>
>Pat
>
>> 
>> 
>> Patrick,
>> 
>> Use the dcmsfc pattern as shown in 
>> $NAWIPS/ldm/etc/templates/gempak_decoders.in
>> 
>> In particular, you have not specified the "-a" number of additional
>> stations to allow in the file (I use 10000), and you should
>> decode into hourly files using the template YYYYMMDDHH_sb.gem.
>> 
>> The decoder will use the 307 coastal, cman and fixed buoy stations defined
>> in the msfstns.tbl file when creating the file, but you must use the -a
>> flag to allow additional stations (ships of opportunity, dribu) that will
>> be received.
>> 
>> Typically I have around 2000+ stations in the 00Z file.
>> 
>> You are running out of room in your file so only seeing the 00Z data.
>> 
>> You also have an error that the decoder can't find $GEMTBL/pack/msfc.pack,
>> so varify that this is available (it could be a symptom of your file
>> being full, so its possible that it will go away when you fix
>> your pqact.conf entry).
>> 
>> Steve Chiswell
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >From: "Patrick S. Market" <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> >Keywords: 200307021647.h62Gl5Ld016211
>> 
>> >Steve:
>> >
>> >Thanks again.  I should have thought of the PACK file.  My bad.
>> >
>> >But, since I'm upgrading this week and last, I have several other
>> >problems.  The current one regards the DCMSFC program.  I
>> >have been unable to get it to work reliably.  My current pqact.conf
>> >configuration seems only to run once per day, at 0000 UTC.  It is:
>> >
>> >###
>> >DDS|IDS ^S([INS]V.*|MV[^NS].*) .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])
>> >        PIPE    /asp/met/nawips56j/bin/sol/dcmsfc -v
>> >        -d /usr/local/ldm/logs/dcmsfc.log
>> >        -e GEMTBL=/asp/met/nawips56j/gempak/tables
>> >        /res/met/data/ldm/gempak/surface/YYYYMMDD_sb.gem
>> >###
>> >        
>> >with the following dcmsfc.log results
>> >
>> >
>> >[26798] 030702/1142 [DC 6]
> >[26800] 030702/1142 [DC 3] Version 5.6.j
>> >[26800] 030702/1142 [IN -11] msfc.pack
>> >[26800] 030702/1142 [FL -1]
>> >[26800] 030702/1142 [DC 5]
>> >[26800] 030702/1142 [DC 2] Number of bulletins read and processed: 0
>> >[26800] 030702/1142 [DC 6]
>> >
>> >There would seem to be a myriad problems with my pqact entry, yet
>> >reading over the manual and online archive searches have not yielded
>> >a workable solution.
>> >
>> >Pat
>> >
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Patrick,
>> >> 
>> >> The suominet parameters (shown in the suomi.pack file) are:
>> >> PRES      pressure millibars
>> >> TMPC      temperature celsius
>> >> PWVM      Precipitable water vapor in millimeters  
>> >> PWVE      Precipitable water vapor format error millimeters
>> >> DELW      wet delay millimeters
>> >> DELD      Model Dry delay millimeters
>> >> DELT      Total delay millimeters
>> >> DELF      final delay
>> >> PIFC      PI factor (conversion from wet delay to PWVM)
>> >> MFLG      Met flag
>> >> 
>> >> For more information on the netCDF file, you can use "ncdump -h"
>> >> on the netcdf file.
>> >> 
>> >> I have set up NMAP2 with the the suominet data defined in the
>> >> prmlst.tbl for color coded plots.
>> >> 
>> >> Steve Chiswell
>> >> 
>> >
>> >
>> >-- 
>> >========================================================================
>> >Dr. Patrick S. Market              
>> >Dept. of Atmospheric Science 
>> >University of Missouri-Columbia                 Phone:  (573) 882 - 1496  
>> >387 McReynolds Hall                             Fax:    (573) 884 - 5133 
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>> >
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>Dr. Patrick S. Market              
>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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