Hi Eric,
None of the data formats you listed are client-server. They are all
on-disk file formats. The only client-server protocols from the list on
the netcdf-java home page are: OPeNDAP and ADDE.
A few OPeNDAP URLs:
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/fmrc/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_191km/files/GFS_CONUS_191km_20090206_0000.grib1
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/nexrad/composite/gini/ntp/4km/20090206/Level3_Composite_ntp_4km_20090206_2325.gini
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/station/metar/Surface_METAR_20090205_0000.nc
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/satellite/3.9/AK-REGIONAL_8km/20090206/AK-REGIONAL_8km_3.9_20090206_2300.gini
Ethan
Eric Davies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One question and one request.
>
> Question: The Netcdf Java library home page indicates support for a
> bunch of data formats. However, it's not always clear which of the
> formats refer to files and which refer to client server protocols. Does
> anybody know which of the below are programs and which are client-server?
>
> * GEMPAK <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/> gridded data
> (as of version 2.23)
> * BUFR <http://dss.ucar.edu/docs/formats/bufr/> (ongoing work on
> tables)
> * GTOPO
> <http://edc.usgs.gov/products/elevation/gtopo30/gtopo30.html>
> 30-sec elevation dataset (USGS)
> * Universal Radar Format
> <ftp://ftp.sigmet.com/outgoing/manuals/program/cuf.pdf>
> * USPLN <http://www.uspln.com/> and NLDN
> <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/data/lightning.html> lightning data
>
> Request: I need some valid OpenDAL URL's to validate the correctness of
> a program I've written using the NetCDF Java library. Can anybody supply
> a few? Literal strings would be preferred to general instructions on
> using THREDDS to find some. The examples I've found in OpenDAP guides
> tend to be old enough that the links don't appear to be valid.
>
> Eric.
>
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