Re: WSI Radar "Mosaics"

On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, David Ahijevych wrote:

> Robb,  Here's the specific 2002 dates/times for the days you have:

Dave,

The only files I had available are:

> 
> 20020404 0015, 2300, 2315, 2330, 2345 Not available
 

> 20020408 2045, 2215, 2230, 2245 available


> 20020413 1945 Not available
> 20020416 1815, 1830, 1845, 1900 Not available

These files are in the ftp upload dir.  I'm assuming that the other files
were never received. I don't have a solution for the missing files.  

Robb...

 
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> dave
> 
> David Ahijevych
> Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> (303)497-8922 (office)
> 
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Robb Kambic wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, David Ahijevych wrote:
> > 
> > > Robb,
> > > 
> > > Any chance of getting 1815-1900Z wsi NOWRAD MASTER15 products from
> > > 20020416? We didn't get them through the LDM.  
> > > 
> > > There seems to be an increase in missing files the last couple weeks.
> > > March had virtually no missing files (96 per day), but April got worse....
> > 
> > David,
> > 
> > I have some of the files you need, dates are:
> > 
> > 4/4, 4/8, and 4/13.   Others are missing or expired.
> > 
> > Let me know the exact times for the above dates.
> > 
> > Robb...
> > 
> > > 
> > > date           missing
> > > ---------------------
> > > 20020401  0
> > > 20020402  1
> > > 20020403  0
> > > 20020404  5
> > > 20020405  0
> > > 20020406  0
> > > 20020407  0
> > > 20020408  4
> > > 20020409  0
> > > 20020410  0
> > > 20020411  0
> > > 20020412  0
> > > 20020413  1
> > > 20020414  0
> > > 20020415  1
> > > 20020416  4
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Dave
> > > 
> > > 
> > > David Ahijevych
> > > Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
> > > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > > (303)497-8922 (office)
> > > 
> > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Robb Kambic wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Richard Chinman wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > David Ahijevych wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > Richard (Chinman),
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks for answering my question about the WSI contract.  And for 
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > updated info about the other UCAR groups' interest.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I need to discuss this with Rit again, but we are still debating 
> > > > > > about WSI
> > > > > > NOWrad products for 2002.  I was concerned about MMM's acquisition 
> > > > > > rate
> > > > > > and the sometimes convoluted steps I took to acquire the products...
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Dave,
> > > > 
> > > > If you can set up an LDM on one of your machines, then the products can 
> > > > be
> > > > sent directly to it.  Also since we are only receiving the composites, I
> > > > could store maybe a day or two of the data on the ingest machine as a
> > > > backup. It seems that your product gathering is more critical then the
> > > > others divisions that are receiving the data so I willing to work with
> > > > you this issue. 
> > > > 
> > > > Robb...
> > > > 
> > > > > > I was able to get a very complete set of products from Marshall 
> > > > > > Space
> > > > > > Flight Center's archive with little difficulty, compared to our 
> > > > > > Unidata
> > > > > > feed.  This may be due to technical factors, and/or my own errors in
> > > > > > downloading the products.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Dave,
> > > > > 
> > > > > That it is easier to get these data (products) easier from MSFC than 
> > > > > from the
> > > > > Unidata feed is troubling.  I wonder if the feed from WSI to MSFC is 
> > > > > any
> > > > > different than the feed from WSI to Unidata.  I suppose that what 
> > > > > MSFC does
> > > > > with the data is different, and optimized to produce the products 
> > > > > you've come
> > > > > to expect.  Maybe MSFC is willing to share their procedures.  In any 
> > > > > case,
> > > > > please talk with Robb Kambic about technical factors that may be 
> > > > > affecting
> > > > > your access.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Richard
> > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > During the year, I downloaded the NOWrad products in real-time from 
> > > > > > two
> > > > > > places: MMM's LDM node, and a RAP anonymous FTP site.  RAP's FTP 
> > > > > > site
> > > > > > often had empty files in their product list, so MMM's LDM node 
> > > > > > became my
> > > > > > primary source.  (I had already mentioned this earlier to Celia at 
> > > > > > RAP).
> > > > > > In another case, several missing NOWrad products were acquired at a 
> > > > > > later
> > > > > > time after you specifically requested them from WSI.  (Although I 
> > > > > > never
> > > > > > figured out how to read those differently-formatted files.)  
> > > > > > Instead of
> > > > > > pursuing this, I ended up just using the MSFC archive.  It seems to 
> > > > > > fill
> > > > > > in our data gaps fairly well.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In the end, although I have a fairly complete collection of NOWrad
> > > > > > products due to our contractual agreement with WSI, I used the MSFC
> > > > > > collection for our research.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But things are not simple.  Will we have MSFC's archive in 2002?  
> > > > > > That is
> > > > > > something Rit, MSFC, are still discussing.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will let you know as soon as possible what we decide about UCAR's
> > > > > > feed--hopefully today.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Sincerely,
> > > > > > Dave
> > > > > >
> > > > > > David Ahijevych
> > > > > > Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division
> > > > > > National Center for Atmospheric Research
> > > > > > (303)497-8922 (office)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > 
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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