20030703: 20030702: problems installing Gempak

Dusty,

The sample hurricane Bob data sets are found under the $NAWIPS/gempak/data
directory. 

By default, the GEMDATA environmental variable is set in the Gemenviron script
to a real-time data directory, so you won't see the Bob data unless you
set GEMDATA to point to the appropriate tree location. For example:

(you must be working in a directory you have write permission to,
and I'm assuming you have already run the command "source Gemenviron"
so that all the GEMPAK environmental variables are defined for your csh)
)
% setenv GEMDATA $GEMPAK/data
% snlist
 SNFILE   = $GEMDATA/HRCBOB.SND
 AREA     = @NM
 DATTIM   = LAST
 SNPARM   = pres;hght;tmpc;dwpc;sped;drct
 STNDEX   =  
 LEVELS   = all
 VCOORD   = PRES
 OUTPUT   = T
 MRGDAT   = YES
 GEMPAK-SNLIST>r

 SNPARM = PRES;HGHT;TMPC;DWPC;SPED;DRCT                                         

 STID = ABQ           STNM =    72365   TIME = 910820/1200         
 SLAT =  35.05     SLON =  -106.61   SELV =  1619.0
 STIM =  1200

      PRES     HGHT     TMPC     DWPC     SPED     DRCT
    842.00  1619.00    17.20    13.60     3.00   190.00
   1000.00    87.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
    850.00  1531.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00
    821.61  1829.00    18.66    13.93     6.00   195.00
    817.00  1877.21    19.00    14.00     6.00   195.79
    792.82  2134.00    17.33    12.44     6.00   200.00
    774.00  2339.33    16.00    11.20     4.65   220.21
    765.04  2438.00    15.79     9.87     4.00   230.00
    738.00  2743.00    15.12     5.77     3.00   290.00
    733.00  2800.64    15.00     5.00     3.56   298.45
    711.75  3048.00    13.21     3.21     6.00   335.00
    700.00  3188.00    12.20     2.20     6.00   335.00
....
<snip......>


Steve Chiswell





>From: <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200307031934.h63JYhLd029384

>Steve,
>I have went through the online tutorial and I finally go into gempak.  I
>understand what you mean about that certain things read certain data.  I
>need to read upperair datat and when I use snlist and try to do the
>practice tutorial with hurricane bob information I get an error ever
>time I try to run something it says:
>The sae file Last.NTS is invalid
>Cannont open file $GEMDATA/HRCBOB.SND
>File $GEMDATA/HRCBOB.SND could not be open
>  
>It seems to give pretty much the same error when I try to run something
>in it I have some data on my homedirectory as well that I would like to
>read with gempak do you have any tips on that or know where on the
>online tutorial I can look to find that.
>Thanks,
>Dusty
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Unidata Support [mailto:address@hidden] 
>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 5:36 PM
>To: Gillingham, Dustin (Dusty)
>Cc: address@hidden
>Subject: 20030702: problems installing Gempak 
>
>
>
>Dusty,
>
>The individual GEMPAK programs accomplish different tasks.
>The ones you will use depend on the type of data (eg surface, upperair,
>grid, image) and how you will analyze the data. 
>Please see the GEMPAK tutorial:
>http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/gempak/tutorial/
>
>Steve Chiswell
>Unidata User Support
>
>
>
>
>>From: <address@hidden>
>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>Keywords: 200307021928.h62JSgLd025357
>
>>Let me inform you of my problem.  I have some data that I need to 
>>observe on disc in Gempak form.  What do I need to do to get the 
>>Gempack installed on my computer so that I can see what is on the disc 
>>and actually use the information. I am using  a Linux operating system 
>>and Gempak 5.6.  Do I need all 75 of those programs installed on my 
>>computer to be able to see what is on those discs.  I can see the 
>>program in Linux when I type ls to see the working directory.  I just 
>>have know idea what to do from there.  Thank you for all your help. 
>>Dusty
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Unidata Support [mailto:address@hidden]
>>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 1:12 PM
>>To: Gillingham, Dustin (Dusty)
>>Cc: address@hidden
>>Subject: 20030702: problems installing Gempak 
>>
>>
>>
>>Dusty,
>>
>>GEMPAK is available to build from source code, and is also available as
>
>>a binary distribution for several platforms, such a Linux and Solaris. 
>>(You didn't mention what OS you were using).
>>
>>You will find links to the GEMPAK downloads at: 
>>http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/modules.php?name=Downloads
>>
>>For binary distributions, see the link "Binary" in the GEMPAK/Garp 
>>section.
>>
>>GEMPAK is a suite of about 75 programs (none are invoked by typing 
>>"gempak"). Tou lauch the GUI bar, type "ntl". Individual command line 
>>programs are described in Chapter 4 of the user guide found in the 
>>doc/User_guide/pdf directory (or through the web pages here).
>>
>>For sites participating the the Unidata IDD, configuring the GEMPAK 
>>decoders for use with the LDM is what is meant by configuring the data 
>>directories.
>>
>>The decoder entries for the IDD data stream are provided in the
>>$NAWIPS/ldm/etc/templates directory.
>>
>>Steve Chiswell
>>
>>
>>>From: <address@hidden>
>>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>>Keywords: 200307021456.h62EuVLd029261
>>
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>>>To whom it may concern,
>>>My name is Dusty Gillingham I am a undergraduate student at New Mexico
>>>State University.  I work for a company called Physical Science 
>>>Laboratory, and my coworkers and I are trying to install Gempak 
>>>software on the work computers here.  We do things with high altitude 
>>>wind studies and the software seems like it would be of great benefit 
>>>to us. We went through the Gempak 5.6 / N-AWIPS installation guide
>from
>>
>>>your web site.  It appears that we have got it to compile the source
>>>code, but we can't seem to find the actual executable.  Based on some 
>>>Gempak information that we got off the website we thought it was just 
>>>gempak on the unix command line to get into menu mode of Gempak.  
>>>However, that doesn't seem to work.  Based on the installation guide
>it
>>
>>>seems like we are stuck on step 9.)Setup your local data directories
>>>and decoders. The description seems vague to my coworkers and I and we
>
>>>were trying to find some more information on that part.  If anything 
>>>just go through the installation guide for me again just explain what
>I
>>
>>>need to write on the unix command line step by step. Thank you, Dusty
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