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RE: Questions about NIDS usage in Unidata McIDAS

Russ/Tom,

Thanks for the information.

FYI..this page has the products that will be available unencrypted on
1/1/2001 (The ones down through the AWIPS 5 build):
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/noaaport.html

This is corroborated by a communication I got from NWS with the following
data:

> > Radar Data (after 01/01/01):
> >     a.  Individual 88-D Site Data: All NWS Radars
> >         1.  19/R Base Reflectivity, 0.50 degree tilt
> >         2.  19/R Base Reflectivity, 1.45/1.50 degree tilt
> >         3.  19/R Base Reflectivity, 2.40/2.50 degree tilt
> >         4.  19/R Base Reflectivity, 3.35/3.35 degree tilt
> >         5.  20/R Base Reflectivity, 0.50 degree tilt
> >         6.  25/V Base Radial Velocity, 0.50 degree tilt
> >         7.  25/V Base Radial Velocity, 1.45/1.50 degree tilt
> >         8.  37/CR Composite Reflectivity
> >         9.  41/ET Echo Top
> >         10.  56/SRM  Storm Relative Mean Radial Velocity, 0.50 degree
tilt
> >         11.  56/SRM  Storm Relative Mean Radial Velocity, 1.45 degree
tilt
> >         12.  56/SRM  Storm Relative Mean Radial Velocity, 2.40 degree
tilt
> >         13.  57/VIL  Vertical Integrated Liquid
> >         14.  74/RCM  Radar Coded Message
> >         15.  75/FTM  Free Text Message
> >         16.  78/OHP  Surface Rainfall Accumulation - One Hour
> >         17.  80/STP  Surface Rainfall Precipitation - Storm Total
> >         18.  81/DPA  Digital Precipitation Array

Other stuff:

1. I don't see evidence of any IMGDISP changes in 7.7 or the fast tracks
7.701 and 7.702 for the ID= option. The directory masking stuff was included
with 7.7, though.

2.  Is there a command (preferably an HP-UX 10.20 binary) that will
uncompress and compress the zlib radar files?

In any case,it looks like we will be needing to install X and XCD fastracks
shortly after 1/1/2001.  (The ADDE servers are in the X package and not the
XCD package, right?)

Thanks,

Bryan

  

-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Dengel [mailto:address@hidden]
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 12:26 PM
To: Batson, Bryan
Subject: Re: Questions about NIDS usage in Unidata McIDAS


"Batson, Bryan" wrote:

    Bryan,

          I just got the XCD monitor running this morning It is currently
filing the compressed ARX station products. We have the Unidata servers in
house and are in the process of modifing our makefiles to build these
biniaries. Perhaps we will have an image later this afternoon. Tom has also
supplied the stretching tables and enhancements for the different products.

          The current version (fast track) of the IMG commands should
support
the ID= keyword. These changes were made in September. Since we didn't have
a
server that recognized the ID keyword at the time, I didn't have an
appropriate
test environment. Once we have a NIDS image server in place, I will be able
to
test this within the core application set.

         Tom has identified some "holes" in the McIDAS application set which
I
need to address. Primarily, the IMGPROBE command will need to send back the
ID
of the station to get the correct digital values for a displayed image. I
plan
to tackle this and other bugs when I have the monitor stable.

         We hope to have an XCD distribution ready before Jan 1.
McIDAS application mods will follow shortly afterward.

         I will also build a specific RADAR macro to _hopefully_ make radar
image selection more "compact".


    Russ