[GEMPAK #QKI-191889]: NetCDF to GEMPAK

Hi Stephen,

So what I can tell you is that there does not exist a general netCDF to GEMPAK 
converter, basically because mapping of netCDF variable names to GEMPAK 
variable names is not straightfoward at all.  DCREANAL was developed 
specifically to convert NARR reanalysis grids from netCDF to GEMPAK following 
the COARDS convenvtion ( 
http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/noaa_coop/coop_cdf_profile.html )

The above link provides the most information I can find about the COARDS 
convention and includes an example CDL file at the bottom of the page.

This probably isn't the answer you were hoping for but your best bet is 
probably to reformat your netCDF files to match this COARDS convention as 
closely as possible.  Unfortunately I don't have any experience with this so 
that's the best advice I can offer.  

If you're primarily interested in *visualizing* the data, I can suggest IDV 
over GEMPAK as it should be able to handle your files.

Best,

Michael


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QKI-191889
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Critical
Status: Open