20040503: 20040503: 20040430: archive Level II data and GEMPAK

Robert,

I put the 5.7.2p1 x86 executables out there.
Could you try it with dcnexr2 and gpnexr2 from
that dist? 5.6.m is now 2 revs back, so I'd
ave to rebuild that version---which wouldn't be
my first choice.

Steve


>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200405031928.i43JSLtK017025

> Steve,
>
>I decoded one file of interest 1345Z on 1 May just to look
>at the data as a test.   It looked like it worked:
>
>[mcidas@avwxdell9 ~/lev2]$ dcnexr2 -s KHGX -d /log.log
>data/craft/KHGX/KHGX_20040501_1345 < 20040501_1345.raw
>[5971] 040503/1915 [DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.6.m
>[5971] 040503/1915 [DC 5]  Normal termination.
>[5971] 040503/1915 [DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 68
>[5971] 040503/1915 [DC 6]  Shutting down.
>
>and the file was uncompressed:
>-rw-rw-r--    1 mcidas   wX        1771594 May  3 18:52 20040501_1345.raw
>-rw-rw-r--    1 mcidas   wX       15251096 May  3 19:16 KHGX_20040501_1345
>
>But, when I went to display it, NMAP2 refused to display it, and
>when running gpnexr2 I saw why:
>SITE: KHGX
>Filename : ARCHIVE2.
>Extension: 167
>Julian date: 1040501
>       time: 134535.658001
>oops, sweep is null
> [IM -3]  Image file /usr/mcidas/lev2/data/craft/KHGX/KHGX_20040501_1345 not
>a supported format
> [IM -8]  Could not open LUT file ...
> [GEMPLT -15]  NIPROJ - Invalid projection specified.
> [GG -7]  No map drawn.
> Parameters requested: MAP,GAREA,PROJ,RADFIL,LATLON,PANEL,TITLE,TEXT,CLEAR,
>
>Any ideas?  I am running a locally built version of GEMPAK 5.6m
>on RedHat Linux 9.  I decoded the file on this machine and
>also decoded it on a Solaris x86 machine running the Unidata
>binary (5.6m).
>
>Thanks,
>Robert
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Unidata Support
>To: Robert Mullenax
>Cc: 'Unidata Support'
>Sent: 5/3/2004 11:14 AM
>Subject: 20040503: 20040430: archive Level II data and GEMPAK 
>
>
>Robert,
>
>You just have to name the file appropriately
>using the file name of the raw file. A script is a good
>tool to automate chopping the fields to create the
>appropriate output file name.
>
>It isn't practical yo use a file template as with the other decoders
>because the CRAFT data is sent in 100 radial bz2 chunks. Any one bz2
>piece
>does not necessarily have the appropriate information within to
>determine
>the file time, so its not possible to generally read from a pipe
>and determine what files the parts go to. So the pqact action
>is a single time instance for the output file name.
>
>Steve Chiswell
>
>
>
>>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>Keywords: 200405031536.i43FawtK011465
>
>>I am still confused on this abit.  For dcgrib2 I would do something
>like:
>>cat *.file | dcgrib2 -m 20000 YYYYMMDDhh_gr.gem
>>
>>However, this obviously won't work here.  
>>
>>From the command line, how can I get it to write out the data with the
>>proper
>>time stamped file name as in the pqact example?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Robert
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Unidata Support [mailto:address@hidden]
>>Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 5:01 PM
>>To: Robert Mullenax
>>Cc: 'address@hidden'
>>Subject: 20040430: archive Level II data and GEMPAK 
>>
>>
>>>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden>
>>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>>Keywords: 200404301749.i3UHnmtK011339
>>
>>>I have occasionally gotten archived data from the ftp accounton
>motherlode.
>>>The other day I was looking for some radar data and found that their
>is
>>>archived
>>>Level II data there.    We would like to ftp over a few files at times
>>(just
>>>a few) to
>>>just look at the Level II as we haven't had that opportunity.   Does
>the
>>>data
>>>on motherlode need to be pass through gpnexr2?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Robert Mullenax
>>>
>>
>>Robert,
>>
>>The files are in the raw "bz2" format from the CRAFT datastream.
>>You need to pipe the les through dcnexr2 setting the -s KXXX station
>>ID (eventually when all the sites go to build 5 of theRPG, you won't
>have to
>>do that. See the $NAWIPS/ldm/etc/templates/pqact.gempak_craft example
>>if you need one.
>>
>>Once in the standard un-bz2 format, you can use nexr2rhi, gpnexr2,
>>or NMAP to view.
>>
>>Steve CHiswell
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