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[McIDAS #AIT-655217]: Ticket ID: FVC-112860

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  • Subject: [McIDAS #AIT-655217]: Ticket ID: FVC-112860
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:53:53 -0700
Hi Paul,

re:
> OK..working through your response now.
> 
> One concern of a mistake. When I run dsinfo.k IMAGE RTNEXRAD|grep DR
> I get this output for the command
> 
> N0Q          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 1
> N1Q          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 3
> N2Q          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 5
> N3Q          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 6
> NAQ          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 2
> NBQ          99999    Base Reflectivity DR Tilt 4

Yes, this is correct (although not sorted according to increasing tilt
levels).

re:
> I do not think this is right. N0,1,2,3 are the first four tilts i think. I
> am not sure what NAQ and NBQ are...tilts 5 and 6?

No.  Here is the documentation I have been working from:

N0Q  94 RADAR 0.4-0.8 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N1Q  94 RADAR 1.2-1.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N2Q  94 RADAR 2.1-2.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N3Q  94 RADAR 2.7-3.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
NAQ  94 RADAR 0.9-1.1 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
NBQ  94 RADAR 1.7-2.0 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR

If listed in order of increasing tilt, the list is:

N0Q  94 RADAR 0.4-0.8 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
NAQ  94 RADAR 0.9-1.1 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N1Q  94 RADAR 1.2-1.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
NBQ  94 RADAR 1.7-2.0 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N2Q  94 RADAR 2.1-2.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR
N3Q  94 RADAR 2.7-3.6 REFLECTIVITY .54NM RES 256 LEVELS ID 94/DR

I _don't_ know why the Weather Service folks decided to label the products
like this; I simply followed their lead.

re:
> These files were sent earlier today but not recently.

I have noticed the same thing: the 'A' and 'B' tilts for various products
are not sent as regularly as the others.  Why?  I don't know.

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: AIT-655217
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed