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> Steve, > > Was this change made (remove hemflag) in 5.9.2? > > Thanks, > Robert Mullenax > > Yes. The hemflg fix I put in for the NWS grid #220 caused other problems, so I removed this. The NWS grid that had the original problem in decoding still does. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Fri 4/7/2006 11:58 AM > To: Robert Mullenax > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: [GEMPAK #FYW-889767]: Help with using dcgrib2 to decode AMPS model > output > > > > > Thanks! There are three different grids (I did not know this until I > > started filing them instead of decoding). > > > > I have attached a ugrd sample from each. > > > > > > Robert, > > The projection problem stems back to a "fix" I made 4 years ago for a broken > grid #220 product in NOAAPORT: > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/gempak/msg02666.html > > If I remove the references to hemflag in $GEMPAK/source/gemlib/gb/gbpolr.c > which I > introduced at that time, I get what appears to be a proper Antarctic > projection. > If you have the source, you can make that change locally, or I'' send you new > nagrib/dcgrib2 > binaries if you need. > > As noted in the support reference above, GEMPAK had the code right, but I was > trying to > make a bad product in the data stream work. > > I'll back out that change, and see if I can get a grid #220 product in the > current data stream > to see if anything there has changes in the last 4 years! > > Steve Chiswell > Unidata User Support > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: FYW-889767 > Department: Support GEMPAK > Priority: High > Status: Closed > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FYW-889767 Department: Support GEMPAK Priority: High Status: Closed