[IDD #MVJ-732722]: Canadian Radar Data Question

Hi Lee,

re:
> The Space Meteorology Group (SMG) at JSC checked out the file and confirmed
> that it is the data we need.

Excellent!

re:
> We would like to request to access this data for the SMG at JSC.

OK.

re:
> A follow up question:  Do these files come with Enhancement Curve
> applied (*.ET)?

No.  Since Russ Dengel of UW/SSEC wrote CANRAD specifically to use
the Canadian radar observations, he may have the enhancement you
need/want.  Personally, I don't think that this will be the case
because Russ' effort was aimed at adding the Canadian observations
to the U.S. N0R national composite reflectivity product that we make
available in the LDM/IDD FNEXRAD feed.  This tells me that Russ was
most probably using the WSR-BREF.ET enhancement that is bundled with
McIDAS-X.

re:
> For our LDM configuration, below is what we are planning to add to
> our ldmd.conf file to point to Unidata:
> 
> 
> # Pull Canadian Radar
> request EXP     "^([A-z][A-z][A-z])([0-3][PRS]).TXT.gz" idd.unidata.ucar.edu  
>   PRIMARY

This looks OK, but:

The PRIMARY designation on the REQUEST line is ignored, so you can delete
it.

You should always check to make sure that the pattern you want to use in
an LDM REQUEST actually matches the products you want

The easiest way to do this is to use the LDM utility 'notifyme'.  Here
is an example invocation:

<as 'ldm' on the machine on which you want to add the REQUEST>
notifyme -vl- -f EXP -h idd.unidata.ucar.edu -p 
"^([A-z][A-z][A-z])([0-3][PRS]).TXT.gz" -o 10000

This 'notifyme' invocation will test:

- that you are ALLOWed to REQUEST from the upstream relay (idd.unidata.ucar.edu)

  Your machine should be ALLOWed to REQUEST the feed IF there is reverse DNS
  for it AND the IP resolves to a '.gov' address.

- if you are ALLOWed, it will further test that your pattern matches products

  Your pattern does match; I just tested it here.

re:
> Thank you in advance for your help!

No worries.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MVJ-732722
Department: Support IDD
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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