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20060118: 20060117: GEMPAK decoder installation

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  • Subject: 20060118: 20060117: GEMPAK decoder installation
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:59:41 -0700

>From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200601181936.k0IJau7s012933

>Hi Steve,
>
>
.......

>Well, I am putting them into /home/data/gempak/* on my machine, and it 
>seems to be doing the subdirectories correct. But, more seriously, I 
>cannot find the binary to run it! I type "NAWIPS", but it gives me 
>"permission denied". Any clues?
>


What do you mean "run it"? Do you mean, launch a display program?

Assuming under a ~gempak account, you have GEMPAK5.9.1/,
and you have created the symbolic link from ~gempak/GEMPAK5.9.1 to
~gempak/NAWIPS; you can then "source ~gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron" 
for a csh/tcsh or .cshrc, or ". ~gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron.profile" for
a .profile, .bashrc etc.

After the Gemenviron variables are in your environment:
- type "ntl". That will launch the gui bar. 

- Click on the NMAP2 icon.

  - See the tutorial, such as displaying METAR observations with:
    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/nmap_data.html

  The NMAP2 display will provide you with a gui interface for satellite, radar,
  model, surface, upperair obs, etc.

- Click on the NWX icon.
  
  - see the tutorial under:
    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/tutorial/nwx.html

  The NWX program will provide you with a gui interface for text bulletins.


By testing out those programs, you will find out if your data is being found
under the expected $GEMDATA/ which is ~ldm/data/gempak (...however you have 
that 
data/ directory under the ~ldm user located).

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support
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