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Re: Higher resolution topographic gempak sat files

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  • Subject: Re: Higher resolution topographic gempak sat files
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:43:23 -0700
Alan,

I have created both 30 second and 5 minute global topography (dem) data
sets.
The 5 minute dem data has bathymetry, while the 30 second data set does
not.

I provide these as a grid
(http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/gempak/tables/)
for use with a program I call GDTOPO which allows users to create a
subset for a Gempak grid file. However, it would be possible to map the
grid into an image to use as a background using the same grid to image
conversion that I do for our
radar composite images.

If you can provide some information regarding the resolution
(pixel-->km) you
need, I can look into making some background images.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 10:50 -0500, Alan Robson wrote:
> Hi Mr Chiswell,
> 
> My name is Alan Robson and I work in the Development and Training Branch 
> of the Hydrometeorological Precipitation Center in Camp Springs, 
> Maryland.   I am not sure if you the right person to address this 
> request to and hope you will forward it to the appropriate individual if 
> you are not.
> 
> We produce many meteorological products for our webpage ( 
> http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ ) that use a fairly low resolution 
> topographic gempak sat file as a background.   This is a sample of one 
> of our most popular products that gets very many webhits:  
> http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/noaa/noaa.gif
> 
> We are currently attempting to improve the appearance of our products 
> and need to find a higher resolution version of the topographic gempak 
> satellite file to use as a background.
> 
> Can you help us or give me the name of someone who can?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Alan Robson
> HPC/NCEP
> Camp Springs, MD
> 
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Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>
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