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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 >> >Columbia, MO 65211 USA E-mail: address@hidden >> >======================================================================== >> > >> >> **************************************************************************** >> Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program >> (303)497-8643 P.O. Box 3000 >> address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Unidata WWW Service http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/support >> **************************************************************************** >> > > >-- >======================================================================== >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 >======================================================================== >