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Hi Tyn, re: excluding certain observations from objective analyses of surface data There is no simple way to exclude observations from the objective analysis done with SFCCON, but there is another approach that should work: You can use PTCOPY to copy all or part of a source POINT dataset to a destination POINT dataset including individual observations. What I have in mind is that you follow the examples in the McIDAS Training Workshop/Learning Guide materials: Lesson 7 MD Files http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/2006/workshop/md.html Copying and Deleting MD files http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/mcidas/2006/workshop/md-4.html - create an output dataset of type MD - identify the list of stations that you want to include in your objective analyses - use as many PTCOPY invocations as are needed to copy the observations from the source dataset to the output dataset. You will likely need multiple PTCOPY invocations since the number of stations that you can list in PTCOPY's SELECT= clause will be limited by the Unix shell you are working in. NB: the first PTCOPY you use will set the schema of the output dataset, so I recommend copying data from RTPTSRC/SFCHOURLY first. I think you should be able to copy the parameter(s) you want to objectively analyze from different datasets to a single output dataset (e.g., RTPTSRC/SFCHOURLY, RTPTSRC/SYNOPTIC, and RTPTSRC/SHIPBUOY observations) _if_ the observation type (e.g., T, TD, etc.) is contained in each input dataset. Again, it would be best to make your first copy to the output dataset from RTPTSRC/SFCHOURLY. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: III-639429 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed