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>From: Robert Leche <address@hidden> >Organization: LSU >Keywords: 200108242015.f7OKFI119991 ldm-mcidas pnga2area LDM Bob, >I am making some progress in adding products to the ldm decoders and >having the products show up in the data directory. But I seem to have no >luck with certain product types. > >Displaying Satellite and NIDS data in NMAP, NSAT and Garp4 > >Inorder to decode images/sat/SOUNDER, images/sat/GOES-10, and >images/sat/GOES-8 'trees', I found the following pqact.conf examples: > ># >########################################################################## > ># AREA files from Unidata/Wisconsin IDD feed >########################################################################## > ># UW Products except Mollweide IR and WV and Antarctic composite and >floaters decoded ># into GEMPAK file hierarchy >MCIDAS ^pnga2area Q1 (U[^ACXY1]) (.*) (.*)_IMG (0.65)um (.*) (........) >(....) > PIPE -close > pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log > /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/\3/\5/VIS/VIS_\6_\7 >. >. >. >. ># CIMSS Total Column Precipitable Water - McIDAS product code CB >MCIDAS ^pnga2area Q0 CB .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....) > PIPE -close > pnga2area /data/ldm/gempak/images/sat/SOUNDER/\3/PW/PW_\4_\5 >. >. >. >(Many products in this list) > > >I noted the decoder is pnga2area and I am unable to locate this decoder. >Where do I get this decoder? pnga2area is part of the ldm-mcidas package. More information on ldm-mcidas can be found in the LDM-MCIDAS web pages: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcidd/ldm-mcidas.html Relevant links are: Installation Instructions http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcidd/ldm-mcidas-install.html Download the software http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcidd/ldm-mcidas-download.html Binary distributions of ldm-mcidas are available for a large set of platforms supported by Unidata. If your machine is not on the list of supported platforms, then you may need to build ldm-mcidas decoders from source. In this case, you would need to have McIDAS installed on your workstation. It is unlikely, however, that you have such a platform. >Also, I note the MCIDAS label. Do we need >Mcidas installed to aquire this type of product with ldm? No. The LDM feed type is named MCIDAS since the imagery were originally broadcast (in the Unidata-Wisconsin datastream, LDM feed type MCIDAS) for use by McIDAS workstations. GEMPAK can display a subset of imagery that is supported by McIDAS. All of the images in the Unidata-Wisconsin datastream are included in this subset. Tom Yoksas