30040301:LDM at home

Hi Michael,

There is no restriction on where you run the LDM, only the physical
limitations of bandwidth.

There ARE limitations on WHO can get data via the LDM. The LDM is a stand
alone piece of software and can be run by anyone who wants to run it,
however if you want data to be fed to you, via the IDD, then you must be a
research institute or education facility. Yes, lightning data is available
via the IDD/LDM but again the same restrictions are in place.

Please feel free to contact me with any further questions..

Cheers,


Jeff
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> >From: Michael Maxwell <address@hidden>
> >Subject: LDM
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> >Keywords: 200403020606.i2266GrV007310
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> Hello,
> I have been reading around the Unidata website and I have a question
> about LDM. Can that program be used at my home for data to be viewed at
> home? It looks like it's a program for sending data out from the server
> to subscribers. I want to use it as a download program for raw data. It
> sounds better than using many scripts to get data from all over the
> internet. I know NWS has lots of data and with new data on NEXRAD files
> is finally downloadable. I only use this GEMPAK for my own learning.
>
> Also it looks like lightning data is on this LDM. That is an expensive
> dataset. Is data feed from LDM program free data? Again this is for me
> at home only, sort of a before college learning.
>
> Thanks for your time.
> KD5GIV Skywarn Storm Spotter Somerville County, Tx
> Furture Storm Prediction Center Mesoscale Forecaster (After college)
> Michael Maxwell
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