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Bonjour Yves, I posted your suggested announcement last week: (more text after announcement) ----- Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:39:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Jeff Weber <address@hidden> To: address@hidden Subject: 20050922:Changes in IDD GEM/CMC distribution Dear users of CMC GEM model data, As of the 12Z production run on October 18th, 2005, the GEM model dataset made available via LDM/IDD will be enlarged and enhanced, as described below: *Content changes The main change in contents consists in the addition of several new vertical levels for the basic meteorological fields of geopotential height, moisture, temperature, and wind. These will be augmented to 28 pressure levels. Detailed information on available fields is available at the following URL : http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/grib/Low-resolution_grib_e.html The grid resolution and coverage are almost identical to our current LDM grid ; the only difference is one additional row of grid points along the northern edge of the grid. The grid dimensions will then be 135x95 instead of 135x94. New grid specifications can be found at http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/grib/CMC_GRIB_Technical_Grid_Specifications_e.html#low_res_reg *New naming convention In order to accomodate the changes in contents, we need to modify the file naming convention for the LDM GRIB files. Details of the new file-naming convention can be found at : http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/grib/Low-resolution_grib_e.html#convention The dataset will be made identical with the GRIB dataset available via http at : http://dd.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/public/grib/lores/CMC_reg_00 and http://dd.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/public/grib/lores/CMC_reg_12 For additional information, please contact: Yves Pelletier address@hidden , (514) 421-4662 Acting Chief, Implementation and Operational Services Division Operations Branch ----- We greatly appreciate your efforts to make this data available, and to document the changes in the feed. Since the post we have not heard any negative comments from the ~20 ingesters of the CMC GEM data feed. We feel we have given plenty of lead time for this transition, so recommend we proceed as planned for the switch on October 18th.. Thanks again, Jeff --------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Weber address@hidden : Unidata Program Center PH:303-497-8676 : University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln : http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------