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

> Yuan,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.  Just a couple of questions:
> 
> 1.  I do need some assistance contacting SSEC  What does SSEC stand for?
> 
> 2.  Can you tell me the names of the national centers you are referring to?
> 
> 3.  What format do the observations have to be in for IDV to read them in?
> 
> 4.  If I had these observations on disk on the same system I'm running IDV 
> how would I go about displaying them?  On the Data Chooser Tab on the 
> dashboard the Observation section point one to servers.  Would I need to use 
> the Files option under General?
> 
> Mike

Mike,

Actually, getting data from SSEC still requires the setting up the ADDE server, 
so, it is not a good idea.
You can browse this site to get the gempak format surface data and load it to 
the IDV. IDV can take both
gempak and netcdf format for the point surface observation. One the data 
chooser General > Files select
your file and specify the data source type as: netCDF/GEMPAK point data file. 
The rest should be the 
same as ADDE.

http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/

Yuan
> 
> Michael D. McAtee, Ph.D.
> Senior Project Engineer
> Space-Based Sensing Division
> The Aerospace Corporation
> 402-292-1017
> 402-250-1206 mobile
> address@hidden
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2017 10:10 AM
> To: Michael D McAtee <address@hidden>
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> Subject: [IDV #EBQ-475363]: Accessing Archived Surface Observations
> 
> > 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/Buoy 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
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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> Ticket ID: EBQ-475363
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> Priority: Normal
> Status: Closed
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: EBQ-475363
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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