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Re: Problem with archive II data

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  • Subject: Re: Problem with archive II data
  • Date: 31 Aug 2004 13:55:40 -0600
Bob,
I was able to display you image.

You need to name you file KENX_20032126_0133.
Since the old ARCHIVE2. files don't have the station ID in them,
you have to name the file so that the template NEXRII in
GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl can find the station ID.

Once you get files using the "AR2Vxxxx header, they will have the
information in them to navigate without requiring a strict
naming convention.

Steve


On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 13:14, Robert Rozumalski wrote:
> Hey Steve,
> 
>   receive the attached archive II file from NCDC but I'm unable
> to read it in gpnexr2. Everything appears to be ok, the header
> indicates it is an archive II data set:
> 
> % od -c ./KENX20021225_0133 | head -2
> 0000000   A   R   C   H   I   V   E   2   .   0   0   9  \0  \0   / 017
> 0000020  \0   U   t 215  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0  \0
> 
> but when I try to display the file I get,
> 
>   Image file:          ./KENX20021225_0133 
> 
> Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
> Can't read station ID from file, using KENX
> [GEMPLT -48]  NIMGFL - Can not open image file.
> 
> suggesting that it is not a supported type. It is supposed to be
> reflectivity data.  Can you see a problem?
>