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20040120: dcgrib2 options versus dcgrib

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  • Subject: 20040120: dcgrib2 options versus dcgrib
  • Date: 20 Jan 2004 16:59:14 -0700
Robert,

For dcgrib2, in dcwppg.c, pdsextflag is set to true, to always add the
ensemble extension. There is no undocumented flag to the contrary.

Steve Chiswell



On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 13:22, Robert Mullenax wrote:
> There is a -z switch in dcgrib that allows one to turn off the ensemble PDS
> extension,
> but help dcgrib2 doesn't show that as an option in dcgrib2.   Is there an
> undocumented
> option in dcgrib2 that will let you do that?
> 
> Thanks,
> Robert
> 
> Robert Mullenax
> Weather Systems Administrator
> Universal Weather and Aviation