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20040626: IDV use of NEXRAD Level II data

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  • Subject: 20040626: IDV use of NEXRAD Level II data
  • Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:40:44 -0600
>From: Gerry Creager n5jxs <address@hidden>
>Organization: Texas A&M
>Keywords: 200406262022.i5QKMaWb009204 IDV NEXRAD Level II

Gerry,

>Might we chat sometime 'bout IDV?  I just tried to get some of the data 
>going, and I find it doesn't want to connect to a remote site for Level 
>II data...  I've nfs-mounted the craft directory and we'll see what happens.

Two things:

- there is no remote server for NEXRAD Level II data, so it needs to be
  accessible locally

- the IDV can display the uncompressed Level II data, but not the
  bzip2 compressed files

If you want to use the IDV with the Level II data, you will need to
have an action (already contained in ~ldm/etc/pqact.gempak_craft.tamu,
but commented out) that uses dcnexr2 to create uncompressed output.

>Thanks, gerry

Later...

Tom
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>From address@hidden  Sat Jun 26 20:48:20 2004

I'm snagging the data via scp from bigfoot to handle decoding 
appropriately...  For some reason, IDV wouldn't work via NFS, although 
it could see the directory and all the files.  I'll keep playing w/ it.

Thanks,
Gerry