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[GEMPAK #CDH-409468]: Gempak synoptic and metar decoder input formats

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #CDH-409468]: Gempak synoptic and metar decoder input formats
  • Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:39:55 -0600
Each of these command line flags are optional.  

From the man page at 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/gempak/manual/decoders_index?dcmetr , if 
you wish to use these options, they are specified on the command line in a way 
similar to that of the -c yymmdd/hhnn, for example:

dcmetr -c YYMMDD/HHNN -b 12 -s stns.tbl -p parm.lst output_file < input_file

This would set the "current time" to YYMMDD/HHNN, set the "number of hours to 
decoder prior to 'current' time" to 12, set the station table to a file 
"stns.tbl" and the parameter packing list to a file "parm.lst".

-Michael




> Thanks for you help. This did work. However, could you still let me know 
> where the 'parameter packing table', 'station table', etc. are specified?
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Steve
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: CDH-409468
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: High
Status: Open