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20020115: Troubles getting AVN forecast data via LDM

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  • Subject: 20020115: Troubles getting AVN forecast data via LDM
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:44:05 -0700
>From: Doug Hunt <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/COSMIC
>Keywords: 200201151654.g0FGsVx09070 LDM ldmd.conf

Doug,

Pretty much all of the Unidata support staff is currently in Orlando
at the AMS convention.  We will address your inquiry when we return
to Boulder next week.

Tom Yoksas

>We have been getting AVN analysis data via LDM for a while with this
>pqact entry:
>
>HDS     ^(H[HRT][I-P]A..) KWB.
>([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN)
>        PIPE    /usr/bin/gribtonc
>        -q      "lin,dlat=1.25,dlon=1.25"      
>/usr/etc/avn-1.25x1.25.cdl
>       
>/pub/suomiday/level1a/ancMet/ancMet_(\2:yyyy).(\2:ddd).\3.00.0360_nc
>
>Now we need forcast data, so we tried this modified pqact entry:
>
>HDS     ^(H[HRT][I-P]C..) KWB.
>([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN)
>        PIPE    /usr/bin/gribtonc
>        -q      "lin,dlat=1.25,dlon=1.25"      
>/usr/etc/avn-1.25x1.25.cdl
>       
>/pub/suomirt/level1a/ancMet/ancMet_(\2:yyyy).(\2:ddd).\3.00.0360_nc
>
>(Note the C instead of the A in the first part of the regular expression
>on the first line).  This seems to result in lots of empty netcdf
>files--files with all headers and attributes but no data.  How does one
>get AVN forecast data via LDM?
>
>Thanks in advance for any hints, 
>
>  Doug Hunt
>-- 
>address@hidden
>Software Engineer III, Sometimes Sysadmin
>UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611
>