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20020213: 20011025: IDD feed of NNEXRAD for Naval Research Lab

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  • Subject: 20020213: 20011025: IDD feed of NNEXRAD for Naval Research Lab
  • Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:06:35 -0700
Michael,

If you are running Unidata's MCIDAS or GEMPAK programs, they
will read the zlib compressed Level III products directly.

If you are looking for a stand alone program, you could try the ucnids.c
program posted by Dan Veitor:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/coohl/mhonarc/MailArchives/ldm-users-list/msg01432.html

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




>From: "Frost, Mr. Michael" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200202131757.g1DHvGx23280

>Anne.  What tool should be used to decompress the level III data?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Anne Wilson [mailto:address@hidden]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:51 AM
>To: Frost, Mr. Michael
>Cc: address@hidden
>Subject: Re: 20011025: IDD feed of NNEXRAD for Naval Research Lab
>
>
>"Frost, Mr. Michael" wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Anne.
>> 
>> The LDM that we set up here is running on a PC LINUX box.  The data that
>> NNEXRAD data that we get in is probably 'big endian', right?  LDM doesn't
>do
>> any byte swapping or anything like that does it?
>> 
>> Also, according to the website the NEXRAD level III data is in NIDS
>format.
>> Is that true?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>> 
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>I do not know which endian form the NEXRAD data is in.  I can say,
>however, that endian form has not been an issue on any of our supported
>platforms, including Linux.
>
>Yes, the NEXRAD level III data is in NIDS format.  Additionally, the
>NEXRAD data that you are getting via the IDD is also compressed.   
>
>Anne
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