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20050202: nsharp and archived data

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  • Subject: 20050202: nsharp and archived data
  • Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:25:01 -0700
Neil,

Archived is Nsharp's output from SAVE.
This might be useful if yuou mofify the sounding and want
to store the modified sounding.

For GEMPAK format files, load observed.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport




>From: "Neil R. Smith" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200502021837.j12Ib0v2021460

>Gempak 5.6h
>
>Having difficulty with figuring out how to use the 'Archive Files'
>menu of nsharp's 'Load' menu.
>
>We've got archived upperair data we want to use for a teaching lab.
>We want to point nsharp to that data such that there is a
>upperair file selection dialog box that will return to the identified
>archived data directory when opened.
>
>I don't see what the Load -> Archive Files action gets me. I use it to
>navigate to the archived upperair data and select an upperair data file.
>
>How to view the data in the file? I then select Load -> Observed
>Soundings and see that the selected archived data is selected and 
>available times are shown and accessable.
>
>But how to view another archived upperair data file? If I repeat the
>exact same procedure, the Load -> Observed task only gives me the 
>first archived file.
>
>OK. Fine. I go to the Observed Sounding Selection 'File' menu and
>select UAIR, and I'm given an open dialog box that starts at the
>default directory structure, which is our real-time data location.
>Aggravating, but OK. Fine, I again navigate to the archived data
>location and select another archived data file. But each time I
>select UAIR or BROWSE, the open file dialog box starts at the 
>real-time data directory structure.
>
>What does Load -> Archive Files get me?
>
>Thanks,
>-Neil
>
>
>-- 
>Neil R. Smith, Comp. Sys. Mngr.                address@hidden
>Dept. Atmospheric Sci., Texas A&M Univ.        979/845-6272 FAX:979/862-4466
>
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