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[IDV #EBQ-475363]: Accessing Archived Surface Observations

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  • Subject: [IDV #EBQ-475363]: Accessing Archived Surface Observations
  • Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 10:09:55 -0600
> Full Name: Michael McAtee
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: The Aerospace Corporation
> Package Version: 5.3 build date:2016-05-23 19:17 UTC
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware: Java: home: /tcs/ago/group/owl_nest/IDV/IDV_5.3/jre version: 
> 1.8.0_45 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily
> Description of problem:
> 
> I want to access archived Metar/Ship/Bouy data for Western Atlantic
> around the time of Hurricane Gonzalo (2014-10-14 ).  I can access
> current observations via adde.ucar.edu but when I select the archived
> Metar option and try and connect I get the following
> 
> Error connecting to: adde.ucar.edu
> When using archive data you must specify SELECT= with a single DAY value
> 
> I checked your support request archives and found a couple related
> request but I don't understand the solution suggested.
> 
> How do I go about accessing archived surface data.
> 
> Mike

Hi Mike,

We are not the data center, the point data we have saved in the system is 
around 6 months to  1 year. There are two options you can
think about, one is to contact the SSEC data center, this may cost a little, 
the other is to download the point dataset
from one of the national center, and this should be free. Let me know if you 
need help to contact the SSEC center.


Yuan
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: EBQ-475363
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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