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Re: Manually digitized Radar (fwd)

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  • Subject: Re: Manually digitized Radar (fwd)
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:45:22 -0700 (MST)

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:29:54 -0600 (CST)
From: Gilbert Sebenste <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Manually digitized Radar

On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Owen Cooper wrote:

> 
> The Universtiy of Virginia is having the same problem, no updated MDR
> since Feb 25.

I am curious: Why not use the RCM product (radar coded messages), which
has much better resolution, more information (including things like TVS,
etc) and comes out twice an hour? And can/should it replace the MDR's on
the McIDAS datastream?

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