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Re: importing a dataset

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  • Subject: Re: importing a dataset
  • Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:33:58 -0700 (MST)
Options are SFPARM=atli*100 or RSLI.
Floating points are not plotted in SFMAP.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006, Stonie Cooper wrote:

> Steve - unrelated, but related . . . within sfmap, is it possible to
> plot the entire altimeter, with decimal?
>
> Stonie
>
> On Mar 24, 2006, at 3:23 PM, Steve Chiswell wrote:
>
> > Robert,
> >
> > This looks like you could create a grid format file with U a V at
> > the various pressure levels assuming you have more points than just
> > the
> > subset you have below (looking at your LON of 2.5 degree spacing).
> >
> > If the area is relatively small, than a script to parse the data
> > into a
> > file for importing with GDEDIT would be the easiset way. If the data
> > base werelarge, then it might be easier to go from a program to
> > read the
> > data use the gemlib calls to create the grid file and output the data.
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 12:05, Robert Mullenax wrote:
> >> I have done a ton with GEMPAK over the years, but have never imported
> >> a dataset.  We have a dataset that is produced for us by CPC of
> >> stratospheric wind data.  The data consists of u/v values at 10,5,2,1
> >> mb at various lat/lon points:
> >>
> >>    LAT    LON    U(10mb) V(10mb)  U(5mb)  V(5mb)  U(2mb)  V(2mb)
> >> U(1mb)  V(1mb)
> >>    25.0   70.0      3.7    -0.8     0.4    -1.2    -4.0     0.3
> >> -5.4     1.8
> >>    25.0   72.5      3.0    -1.5     0.2    -1.0    -3.8     0.7
> >> -4.6     2.3
> >>    25.0   75.0      2.0    -2.1     0.0    -0.6    -3.5     1.0
> >> -3.9     2.4
> >>    25.0   77.5      0.8    -1.9    -0.2    -0.2    -3.3     1.2
> >> -3.2     2.2
> >>    25.0   80.0      0.5    -0.4    -0.1     0.3    -3.0     1.3
> >> -2.8     1.9
> >>    25.0   82.5      1.4     1.7     0.2     0.5    -2.6     1.3
> >> -2.4     1.6
> >>    25.0   85.0      2.1     1.6     0.7     0.6    -2.1     1.1
> >> -2.0     1.4
> >>    25.0   87.5      2.2    -0.5     1.3     0.6    -1.3     1.1
> >> -1.3     1.4
> >>    25.0   90.0      1.7    -1.5     1.8     0.6    -0.5     1.2
> >> -0.4     1.7
> >>    25.0   92.5      1.0    -0.3     2.4     0.8     0.5     1.6
> >> 0.9     2.3
> >>    25.0   95.0      1.0     2.1     2.9     1.1     1.4     2.1
> >> 2.3     3.0
> >>
> >> Can someone recommend the best way to import this to view it in
> >> GEMPAK/GARP/NMAP2?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Robert Mullenax
> >> NMSU/PSL/CSBF
> >>
> >>
> >>
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