I have encountered a similar problem with NAMSND (called from MODSND)
aborting in Linux. The problem seems to be unique to GEMPAK 5.9.x, as I
don't get the error when running from 5.8.
Josh Schroeder
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Joshua J. Schroeder
Meteorologist
CSTE-DTC-WS-RO-DA-F
White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
Comm: (505) 678-2963
DSN: 258-2963
I regularly process NAM soundings from the NCEP FTP server (path:
pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/nam.YYYYMMDD/bufr.HHz) with NAMSND. I have found
that in order to process them, $GEMTBL/pack/snclass1.prm needs to be modifed
as follows:
change the line
TKEL 0. 40. .01
to
TKEL 0. 40. .01 1. IMXR
As this modification needs to be done each time a new version of GEMPAK is
enabled, can this change be added to future distributions?
Also, while NAMSND works fine on Sun Solaris, it always aborts on Linux:
SNBUFR BUFR model sounding file bufr.725180.2006120512
SNOUTF Output sounding file 06120512_nam.snd
SFOUTF Output surface file 06120512_nam.sfc+
SNPRMF Sounding parameter packing file snclass1.prm
SFPRMF Surface parameter packing file sfclass1.prm
TIMSTN Times/additional stations 120/200
Parameters requested: SNBUFR,SNOUTF,SFOUTF,SNPRMF,SFPRMF,TIMSTN.
GEMPAK-NAMSND>r
**************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY ABORT*****************
BUFRLIB: OPENBF - ERROR READING INPUT FILE CONNECTED TO UNIT 14 WHEN
CHECKING FOR 'BUFR' IN FIRST 4 BYTES OF RECORD
**************BUFR ARCHIVE LIBRARY ABORT*****************
Finally, is there another model sounding/BUFR program that I should be using
instead of NAMSND?
Thanks!
Kevin
