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20040414: gempak to netcdf converter.

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  • Subject: 20040414: gempak to netcdf converter.
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:08:56 -0600
Matt,

I don't know what the file you have is, so  how you handle it is
specific to the type of file it is. 

If it is an ascii file such as that of the storm reports, then
there is nothing about GEMPAk that you would have to know.

If the data is in a GEMPAK surface format file (which is essentially
a data base file), then you would have to use the GEMPAK library routines 
to access the data from the file and then write your own routines to the
NetCDF library API.

Steve Chiswell




>From: Matt Pocernich <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200404141924.i3EJOiCT007937

>Thanks,
>
>I'm not much of a programmer - mainly a statistician.  Do you have a
>sample of what a converter program would look like?  I would like to read
>the data into R - a stats language that has a netcdf package that allows
>me to get the read the parameter names etc.
>
>Is a file created by GemPak self-describing or do I need to know the
>locations and names of the starting points of each field?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Matt
>
>Matt Pocernich
>NCAR - Research Applications Program
>303-497-8312
>
>On Wed, 14 Apr 2004, Unidata Support wrote:
>
>>
>> Matt,
>>
>> You could write a program to do the conversion, but since NetCDF is a very
>> flexible data storage format, the conversion would
>> be specific to the program which would read the NetCDF file.
>>
>> Steve Chiswell
>>
>>
>>
>> >From: Matt Pocernich <address@hidden>
>> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>> >Keywords: 200404141538.i3EFcxCT012958
>>
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >I am trying to work with data from NOAA's SPC that was created using
>> >GemPak.  Is it possible to convert this type of data into a netcdf format?
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >
>> >Matt
>> >
>> >Matt Pocernich
>> >NCAR - Research Applications Program
>> >303-497-8312
>> >
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