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Re: Radar data

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  • Subject: Re: Radar data
  • Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:06:58 -0600 (MDT)
Hi Kevin, 

I assume you are the same Kevin Petty from RAP....

Our "archive" on motherlode is not very extensive temporally.

We maintain about 5-7 days of model output, 10-15 days of radar, etc...

The time we keep is more or less dependant on the volume of products in
the feed..and the amount of space we have avaialble. It is not meant to be
an operational archive thats what we have NCDC for :)

I have no problem granting you the password for the data on motherlode if
you still deem it to be useful, i know at NTSB you act quickly on matters,
so the 5-7 day availability may work for you...

Please let me know if this is still of interest.

I am cc'ing Stuart Weir on this as he is our expert on the IDV and its
capabilities, so he will address those questions...

Thank you,

-Jeff
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> 
> >To: "'address@hidden'" <address@hidden>
> >From: Petty Kevin <address@hidden>
> >Subject: Radar data
> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> >Keywords: 200210181916.g9IJG5109965
> 
> I just want to let you know that I have downloaded WSR-88D from your
> archives for use in McIDAS. I am presently working on an aviation
> accident which occurred in Maine last week (Oct 11). Your  archive of
> radar data allows us to view and retrieve data for some of our cases.
> Thanks.
> 
> On another subject, I am running IDV and I'm interested in getting
> access to some historical model data (netCDF format of course). I
> notice that you have a repository of data on "Motherlode". To get
> access to these data I think that you need a
> 
> password of some sort. Would it be possible for the Meteorologists here
> to get access to these data? I would like to periodically save these
> data to my machine for use at a later date. There doesn't seem to be a
> way to save the actual data using IDV (am I wrong about this?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> 
> 
> Kevin Petty Ph.D.
> Senior Meteorologist
> 
> NTSB
> Office of Aviation Safety (AS-30)
> 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, SW
> Washington DC 20594
> P: 202-314-6269
> F: 202-314-6339
> email: address@hidden
> 
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