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[GEMPAK #DCS-597544]: MARK

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #DCS-597544]: MARK
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:22:41 -0600
> Steve,
> 
> Yes, it did help to clean out the directory.  Thanks
> for the tip on the lightning data.  Is STID for
> lightning data documented somewhere?  By the way, I
> should have the latest version.  I have the one that
> was done with the daylight savings time fixed.
> 
> Donna
> 


Glad to hear it sounds like you are back in business.
Hmmm....apparently the dcnldn and dcuspln decoder helps don't show the STID
parameter. It is in the prmlst.tbl for SFPARM=location, eg you can
simply use:

SFFILE = nldn
SFPARM = location

or just to plot the points use SFPARM=points

I'll update the documentation.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




> --- Unidata GEMPAK Support
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > I am having trouble recently with plots of
> > lightning
> > > data.  I have a script I have been using (in
> > several
> > > variations) for several years.  I want it to plot
> > > lightning in small + and - signs.  Recently all I
> > can
> > > get it to do is plot great big asterisks no matter
> > > what numbers I give to the MARK parameter.  Has
> > > something changed?  If so, I cannot find a change
> > in
> > > the documentation.  A sample of my script is
> > attached.
> > >
> > > Donna Tucker
> > > University of Kansas
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Donna,
> >
> > I don't see anything in your script below that would
> > be plotting asterisks. In fact,
> > what you show below has mark:1:1:1 (eg plus signs)
> > for both + and - strikes), so
> > I was wondering if you were just attempting to debug
> > there. The only thing that would
> > cause something like marker number confusion would
> > be linking of programs with older gplt
> > where the api doesn't match up.
> >
> > The only SFMAP change has been the addition of
> > LSTPRM.You don't show setting STNPLT either,
> > but I don't think either of those would be causing
> > you trouble, but you probably
> > want to run SFMAP in that directory by hand just to
> > see what the gemglb.nts has.
> > You may just need to delete the gemglb.nts and
> > last.nts and recreate those with sfmap setting all
> > values that your script is not explicitly setting.
> >
> > Did you try running in a clean work directory?
> >
> > I will offer one suggestion (without solving your
> > problem at hand at this point):
> >
> > In the dcnldn (and dcuspln) decoders, I have the
> > STID set to "+" and "-" for
> > positive and negative flashes respectively, so you
> > can accomplish the signs using a single
> > run (instead of running twice as you had in your
> > script) using?
> >
> > SFPARM=stid
> >
> > then use the TEXT attributes to control the
> > attributes (note that size can be modified for text
> > within the SFPARM parameter in the most recent
> > release. What version are you using?
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: DCS-597544
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 
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Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: DCS-597544
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed