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Hi Clark, re: > As part of the Unidata 2012 Community Equipment Award competition, Paul > Roebber and I here at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were awarded > funds to purchase a Dell PowerEdge server for the purposes of > configuring LDM, RAMADDA, and THREDDS. Having recently configured the > server, I am in the process of installing and configuring the LDM > software on this machine and wanted to inquire about obtaining upstream > data feeds. OK. We will want you to request the majority of your IDD datafeeds from the University of Wisconsin-Madison AOS. The contact for the LDM there is: Pete Pokrandt <address@hidden> If you want to get LIGHTNING data (NLDN and/or USPLN), you will need to contact folks listed in: Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Data -> Lightning http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/#lightning Please make sure to let the folks know that you are a Unidata educational institution and that you agree to abide by data redistribution restrictions. re: > The requested information from the LDM configuration guide is as follows: > > * Site: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Atmospheric Science Group > * LDM Admin: Clark Evans, (414) 229-5116, address@hidden (alt. e-mail: > address@hidden) > * LDM Hostname: atmo.math.uwm.edu (129.89.17.63) > * Desired Feedtypes: Whttps://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/#lightninge would > like access to all feedtypes that are > available to us (e.g., all types from > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/ldm/ldm-current/basics/feedtypes/index.html) Thanks. We will add you to our IDD site contacts list: Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Projects -> Internet Data Distribution https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/index.html#idd IDD Current Operational Status https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idd/rtstats/ Site Contact List http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idd/sitelist.html re: > Please feel free to contact me (e-mail preferred) if you have any questions. Will do if needed. Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZJK-109461 Department: Support IDD Priority: Normal Status: Closed