20040319: Unidata LDM feeds for Vietnam (cont.)

>From: Mai Nguyen <address@hidden>
>Organization: National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting of Vietnam
>Keywords: 200312020023.hB20N4p2027742 IDD LDM Linux

Mai,

re: not writing an S-VISSR to AREA decoder
>Yes, I agree not to "reinvent the wheel". And hoping
>to get it in a easy way as you said.

I'm glad we agree on this.

I got a response back from SSEC on my request for an S-VISSR to AREA
conversion utility.  They would like to get one of your GOES-9 S-VISSR
format image files to see what it looks like:

  From: McIDAS Help Desk <address@hidden>
  Subject: Re: 20040322: GOES-9 S-VISSR to AREA converter
  
  Hi Tom,
  
  Can we get an example file?
  
  Rick

  Unidata Support wrote:

  >Hi,
  >
  >We have a user that has GOES-9 data in S-VISSR format and wants
  >to be able to use it in GEMPAK:
  >
  > > ... It's in S-VISSR format
  > >(Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer).
  >
  >Does such a conversion utility exist at SSEC?  If yes, can we get
  >it for our user?
  >
  >Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
  >
  >Cheers,
  >
  >Tom

I logged onto your Linux machine and poked around in the /home/nawips
directory a bit, but it wasn't obvious to me which, if any, files would
be GOES-9 imagery in S-VISSR format.  I do see files that are large
enough in the /home/nawips/vndata and /home/nawips/VNdata directories,
but these look like GRIB data.

By the way, the images in /home/nadata/images/satellite/GMS-G9/2km-NH/VIS
look to be McIDAS AREA format images.

Cheers,

Tom
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