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>From: Bill Fingerhut <address@hidden> >Organization: Lyndon State >Keywords: 200106111555.f5BFtJp07220 McIDAS XCD gribdec Bill, >I think I found what I need in the email archive, but I >thought I would double check with you first. > >I have some archived (not real time) ETA model data in GRIB >format and I want to convert it to McIDAS GRID format. The >solution seems to be in: > >From address@hidden Fri Aug 27 16:18:37 1999 >by unidata.ucar.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA06784; >Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:18:36 -0600 (MDT) >Message-Id: <address@hidden> >To: "Jennie L. Moody" <address@hidden> > >Am I on the right track? Yes. Also, I had several interactions with Tony W. at UVa about decoding GRIB data with gribdec.k. The gribdec.tar.Z distribution can be found in the unix/7[67]/testcode directories. It is easy to download the compressed tar file and build gribdec.k. Let me know if you run into any snags. Tom