20030813: GEMPAK modifications contributions : anyone interested in these modifications?

Christian,

I received your list below and will work through as time permits.
The easiest additions are those which are independent of the core
code- I can place the sferics additions into the contrib path
and can make the packing table precision suggestions back to NCEP.
Independent tables are no problem.

Modifications to code under the $GEMPAK/source require more time
as I am preparing the next release in time for the GEMPAK workshop
October 27-30.

If you want, FTP a tar file to ftp.unidata.ucar.edu
login: gbuddy
pass: XXXXXX
place under the incoming directory.

Otherwise, if you can send me a URL where to download on your
end, that is fine too.

Steve Chiswell


>From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Christian_Pag=E9?= <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200308131347.h7DDliLd013176

>Hi Steve,
>Hi everyone,
>
>I made many modifications in GEMPAK, I don't know if a few could be  
>interesting to include in the next official version (it would also save  
>me some work each time GEMPAK is updated ;-) ). I will only list the  
>modified files for now and send you the ones you think could be  
>included.
>
>1) SFUK packing table (European lightning data : sferics)
>gempak/tables/pack/sfuk.pack
>
>2) SFUK decoder (European lightning data : sferics)
>I built the decoder from scratch, so the source code may not comply to  
>GEMPAK standards.
>
>3) Tenth precision in precip amounts for dclsfc
>gempak/tables/pack/sfsyn.pack
>gempak/tables/pack/lsfc.pack
>
>4) 30 min bins for dcmetr
>gempak/source/bridge/dc/dcgtim.f
>gempak/source/bridge/mt/mtdcod.f
>
>5) 30 min bins and also SPECI included in decoded data in a separate  
>instance of dcmetr called dcmetr_speci
>gempak/source/bridge/dc/dcgtim.f
>gempak/source/bridge/mt/mtdcod.f
>
>6) 1h bins SYNOP data in a separate instance of dclsfc called dclsfc_1h
>gempak/source/bridge/ls/lsgemp.f
>
>7) GEMCLRBAR environment variable added to control the display of the  
>colorbar
>gempak/source/gemlib/im/imdrop.f
>
>8) More complete list of european/canadian stations, as well as  
>ordering changes
>gempak/tables/stns/sfmetar_sa.tbl
>gempak/tables/stns/lsfstns.tbl
>
>9) More complete upper-air soundings stations list
>cat snstns.tbl snstns_land.tbl snstns_ship.tbl > snall.tbl
>
>10) Europe-decoded MAX/MIN temperatures
>gempak/source/bridge/ls/lstemp.f
>gempak/source/bridge/ls/lswgem.f
>
>Also, any hope to see values like 10.2 displayed by sfmap or related  
>programs?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Christian Pagé
>address@hidden
>http://meteocentre.com/    http://meteoalerte.com/
>
>Etudiant au Doctorat en Sciences de l'environnement UQAM
>+1 514 987 3000 ext. 2376
>
>
>On Mardi, août 12, 2003, at 17:47 America/Montreal, Steve Chiswell  
>wrote:
>
>>
>> Gempak users,
>>
>> The Unidata release of GEMPAK 5.6.K is now available for download from
>> the UPC web portal my.unidata.ucar.edu. A few of the features included  
>> in this
>> release are:
>> o Addition of PNG display device driver
>> o Ability to display ZLIB compressed GINI images without uncompressing
>>   externally
>> o New programs GPNEXR2 and NEXR2RHI for display of NEXRAD Level II  
>> (aka craft)
>>   data stream products. DCNEXR2 for uncompresing the BZIP2 IDD feed  
>> data files.
>> o NSHARP profiles from point selected in NMAP2
>> o WOU and WCN bulletin decoder and display improvements
>> o Grid data improvements for accessing larger data sets by allowing  
>> sub-sampling
>>   of larger grids for display and dignostic calculations.
>> o Grid table updates for NCEP grid tables 129 and 130, and vertical  
>> coordinate
>>   updates for new levels.
>>
>> For additional information on new features and changes in GEMPAK  
>> 5.6.K, see:
>> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/gempak/GEMPAK5.6/ 
>> whats_new.html#5.6K
>>
>> To download, see:
>> http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/ 
>> modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=3
>>
>> I am currently out of the office supporting the newest addition to our  
>> family,
>> Cara Gabrielle born yesterday afternoon. Any questions regarding the  
>> new
>> release will be answered as soon as possible.
>>
>> Steve Chiswell
>> Unidata User Support
>>
>
>