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[netCDFJava #LOE-612985]: Nexrad decoding errors

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  • Subject: [netCDFJava #LOE-612985]: Nexrad decoding errors
  • Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:42:16 -0600
David,

Michael's not clear on those, but apparently they date back to Chiz; at any 
rate Michael's looking at the ramifications. I think, for decoding purposes, 
you need to just go with what's in the table.

Ryan

(P.S. I think Chiz is at NCDC.)

> Ryan,
> Please tell Michael James thanks...
> 
> I am, however, a little confused at something in this table.  In your 
> example, the N1P, why does one value correspond to two Calvals?  Look here:
> 
> N1P        30    4 
> inches,0,9,-9999,-9999;10,100,0,0.5;101,200,0.5,5;201,255,5,12        TICZ99 
> CHIZ
> 
> Notice that 0.5 inches of rainfall can have two calibration points, i.e. 100 
> and 101.   Likewise, 200 and 201 both represent 5 inches.   Is this true?  I 
> see similar things in other variables.
> 
> Thanks again, David


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: LOE-612985
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed