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>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >Organization: NMSU/NSBF >Keywords: 199903251443.HAA23966 McIDAS UALIST DCIRAB Robert, >I looked at UALIST closer and realized that it still does not decode the >standard levels above 100mb, the levels reported in the TTCC group(70, >50,30,20,10, etc..) >Is this a mod that would have to take place at Wisconsin? There is at least one problem and perhaps two here: o the IRAB schema for mandatory level upper air data does not allow for levels above 100 mb: " (JSP) IRAB PYEATT 0390 SCHEMA-- UPPER AIR DATA, MANDATORY LEVELS " NAME VSN DATE ID "TEXTID " ---- --- ----- -- ------- SCHEMA IRAB 4 98231 0 "INTL. RADIOSONDE OBS (UPPER AIR DATA) " KEY SCALE UNITS " ---- ----- ----- ROWS 8 "ALLOW ROOM FOR 8 REPORTS/DAY DAY CYD "YEAR AND JULIAN DAY (CCYYDDD) TIME HMS "NOMINAL TIME (HH0000) NREC "APPROX. # OF RECORDS WRITTEN IN THIS ROW COLUMNS 1500 "ALLOW ROOM FOR 1500 REPORTING STATIONS IDN "STATION NUMBER LAT 4 DEG "RANGE (-90 => +90) POSITIVE NORTH LON 4 DEG "RANGE (-180 => +180) POSITIVE WEST ZS M "ELEVATION ST CHAR "STATE ID CO CHAR "COUNTRY ID DATA MOD "USER MODIFICATION FLAG " 0 = UNMODIFIED " 1 = MODIFIED BY USER " 10 = DERIVED FROM SIGNIFICANT LEVEL DATA HMS HMS "ACTUAL TIME OF REPORT (HHMMSS) REPEAT 15 LEV CHAR "LEVEL (SFC OR TRO OR SAME AS P) P 1 MB "PRESSURE T 2 K "TEMPERATURE TD 2 K "DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DIR DEG "WIND DIRECTION SPD 1 MPS "WIND SPEED Z M "HEIGHT ENDSCHEMA You can see that the REPEAT group only allows for 15 levels: SFC, 1000, 925, 850, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, TRO1, TRO2, MAXW Some time ago, Don submitted an inquiry to SSEC regarding support of more vertical levels in their standard upper air schema, and they responded that this was a good idea. The unfortunate fact is that the needed mods have not been made to routines in the latest McIDAS release, 7.501, so you will be unable to process data above 100 mb. I will reissue the inquiry (actually I will call someone) and see what the status of it is. >Thanks, >Robert Mullenax Tom