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>From: Mark Seefeldt <address@hidden> >Organization: CU >Keywords: 200511292028.jATKSH7s028630 LDM pqact DOS netcdf decoders Hi Mark, re: pqact.netcdf file was in DOS format >Yeah, I just spent another 15 minutes trying to figure out this mystery. >So far I have been unsuccessful. UGH! Did you download the file using a Windows machine? re: run 'ldmadmin pqactcheck -p ~ldm/etc/pqact.gempak' >I did not, but I'll try to add this to my commonly used process. >Just to give you a heads up, the reason why I am doing all of this work >for the North America data is because I am using it as a learning tool >to handle the Antarctic data. My plans are to set up the decoders for >NetCDF and GEMPAK to work with the Antarctic stream in the near future. I figured that you were probably doing the prep work for eventual use in your Antarctic studies :-) Cheers, Tom -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.