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>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 -- NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publically available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.