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From address@hidden Tue Aug 30 14:34:08 2005 Return-Path: <address@hidden> Received: from climat.ouranos.ca (climat.ouranos.ca [207.162.87.195]) by unidata.ucar.edu (UCAR/Unidata) with ESMTP id j7UKY7jo008591 for <address@hidden>; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:34:08 -0600 (MDT) Organization: UCAR/Unidata Keywords: 200508302034.j7UKY7jo008591 Received: from li-rmc.ouranos.ca ([192.168.0.49]) by climat.ouranos.ca with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:34:06 -0400 Subject: GEMPAK speedPatch From: Ron McTaggart-Cowan <address@hidden> To: address@hidden Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:34:06 -0400 Message-Id: <1125434046.20991.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Aug 2005 20:34:07.0193 (UTC) FILETIME=[2B413C90:01C5ADA2] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on laraine.unidata.ucar.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=no version=3.0.1 Hi users - We (AOS at the University at Albany) have developed a speed-up patch for GEMPAK that we thought we'd share with the community. The patch, and lots of supporting documentation - including installation details - is available from: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/facstaff/rmctc/gempak/#speedPatch The modifications made by the patch make plotting virtually instantaneous on a fast machine and can dramatically improve script performance, especially if a lot of image generation is required. We're using a patched version of the latest GEMPAK distro at UatA on both SunOS and Linux machines. You can send bug reports or questions to rmctc at atmos dot albany dot edu.