Hi David:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/programs/
has some complete programs that should be helpful.
David Leserman wrote:
Hi, John.
Browsing the http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/, I see
that you've written a lot of the documentation and that you're the
THREDDS, NetCDF-Java expert at Unidata, so I pose my query to you.
I find extensive documentation for the details of NetCDF-Java on
the web
site. What I can't find is any example of a complete Java program
that
would be used to access some data. I believe that with one or two
examples, I could complete my task (described below). Can you
direct me
to such an example? If you're not the person to ask, can you suggest
someone else?
I'm an individual attempting to use MADIS datasets to glean a few
parameter values for a single station, KBJC, for every hour for 3+
years. I'm looking for the METAR values for SKYCVLB (sky cover layer
base), DD (wind direction), FF (wind speed), FFGUST (wind gust), VIS
(visibility), PCP1H (accumulated precip - 1h), and PCPRATE
(precipitation rate).
we dont yet have the MADIS data being served through a THREDDS Data
Server. We are working on that and will keep you informed. You might
look at our experimental METAR server at
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/ncss/metars/dataset.html
this service will be up and down, but any feedback would be
appreciated.
good luck!
I use a Mac, I did some Java programming 10 years ago, and I did some
consulting for Dave Fulker at Unidata about 15 years ago, so Netcdf-
Java
is an approach that appeals to me. I've already downloaded 0.25 TB of
MADIS files from pftp.madis-fsl.org. (It would have been better to
glean
the little bit of data I needed via a server, but I was ignorant, and
now I have the data here, so I might as well use it.)
Thanks very much for whatever guidance and or pointers you can
provide.
Best regards,
David Leserman
303.931.2475