GEMPAK modifications contributions : anyone interested in these modifications?

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
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Etudiant au Doctorat en Sciences de l'environnement UQAM
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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