20031106: Gempak - Linux 9.0 - DCNLDN decoder

Kartik,

the DCNLDN decoder is designed against the data being sent on the IDD
from SUNY-Albany.

If you have ascii data, you can put the data into a text format 
as SFLIST outputs, using latitude and longitude as data,
and thenimport by creating the file with SFCFIL and importing with SFEDIT.

An example of creating a ship format file from ascii text is shown at:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/msgout?/glimpse/gempak/4406

A sample of ascii format for SFEDIT might look like:

 PARM = SLAT;SLON;SGNL;MULT                                                     
 

    STN    YYMMDD/HHMM      SLAT     SLON     SGNL     MULT
      -    031107/2200     24.74   -76.87  -130.00     1.00
      -    031107/2200     25.52   -76.98  -110.00     1.00
      -    031107/2200     25.50   -76.98  -110.00     1.00
      -    031107/2205     24.75   -76.82  -240.00     2.00
      -    031107/2205     24.69   -76.92  -180.00     1.00
      -    031107/2205     24.87   -76.81  -210.00     1.00
      -    031107/2205     25.20   -77.44  -200.00     1.00
      -    031107/2205     24.81   -76.80  -290.00     2.00
      -    031107/2205     25.12   -77.69  -200.00     1.00
      -    031107/2205     24.89   -76.81  -260.00     2.00
      -    031107/2210     25.48   -76.89  -150.00     2.00
      -    031107/2210     25.56   -77.10  -230.00     1.00
      -    031107/2210     25.60   -77.26  -200.00     1.00
      -    031107/2210     24.90   -76.93  -180.00     1.00
      -    031107/2210     24.88   -76.88  -440.00     1.00
      -    031107/2210     25.51   -76.96  -170.00     2.00
      -    031107/2215     24.77   -76.75  -280.00     2.00
      -    031107/2215     25.55   -77.11  -480.00     3.00
      -    031107/2215     24.84   -76.94  -110.00     1.00
      -    031107/2215     25.20   -77.46  -380.00     1.00
      -    031107/2215     24.82   -76.91  -260.00     1.00
      -    031107/2220     24.76   -76.81  -240.00     1.00
      -    031107/2220     24.57   -76.81  -410.00     1.00
      -    031107/2220     24.73   -76.74  -200.00     1.00
      -    031107/2225     24.80   -76.84  -220.00     2.00

Steve Chiswell


>From: "Kartik" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200311070018.hA70Ioh6028420

>Institution: UCF
>Package Version: 5.6
>Operating System: Linux 9.0
>Hardware Information: P4 1.8 GHz
>Inquiry: Hi,
>I'm trying to display nldn data using GARP .
>I understand that the dcnldn decoder converts nldn data to gempak ship format,
>  but I can't seem to get it working...I later found out that the decoder work
> s with binary nldn data and not with the ascii format-which is unforutnately 
> what I have..
>Could somebody please help by letting me know:
>a>If the latest update of the dcnldn decoder works with ascii nldn data?...if 
> so where can I download this decoder?
>b>If there is no ascii version of the decoder how can I adapt the existing dec
> oder to work with ascii data?
>Thanks and regards,
>Kartik
>
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