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RE: New decoders release



On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:

> Robb,
>
> Thanks for the info.  The gribtonc doesn't seem to be working for me though?
> I copied the "AVN model on Lambert conformal CONUS grid" entry from your
> pqact.conf and put it into mine and it's not working?  I had to modify the
> entry slightly by putting in my specific paths:
>
> (1) for the decoder (/home/ldm/decoders/gribtonc)
> (2) for the cdl (/home/ldm/etc/avn-q.cdl)
> (3) for the data (/data/pub/decoded/netcdf/GRIB)
>
> but it still should work I would think?  The /data/pub/decoded/netcdf/GRIB
> directory got created, but there are no data in it?
>

Brian,

A couple of things, in the pqact entries the white spaces are tabs, not
spaces. The only place white space is a "space" in the pattern
specification. You can check your pqact using the ldmadmin command, ie

% ldmadmin pqactcheck

It's not fool proof, it sometimes lets errors through.

The second is to run gribtonc on the command line as user LDM and all the
paths. ie

% /home/ldm/decoders/gribtonc -l - /home/ldm/etc/avn-q.cdl avn-q.nc < rawdata

Where the raw data file was created using the FILE action, ie

HRS     ^Y.Q... KWB. (..)(..).*(/mAVN|/mSSIAVN)
        FILE    data/rawfile/(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1\2_avn-q.wmo



> Just filing the data doesn't seem to be a problem because I added your
> "Ensemble members" entry into my pqact.conf and I am seeing *ENS.wmo files
> filing into my /data/pub/raw/hrs/model/ensemble directory?  By the way, does
> a cdl exist for the Ensemble data?

Not yet

I would think so since I believe the
> Ensemble data are flowing into AWIPS now?

The ensemble data doesn't fit well into the current gribtonc configuration
because the members overlay the same projection points. This causes the
member data to overwritten with the new member data.  I have this problem on
my list of things to do.


 > > Lastly, where can I get a list of all the WMO
GRIB patterns?  >

Here's a url

http://205.156.54.206/oso/dir_subset.shtml

It's not the best documentation

Robb...



> Thanks!
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:42 PM
> To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> Cc: decoders
> Subject: RE: New decoders release
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
>
> > Robb,
> >
> > Thanks!  It worked!  If I may trouble you some more, I have a few more
> > questions:
> >
> > (1) Is there a User's Guide for the decoders package?
>
> Brian,
>
> There no user's guide per se but there's README.perlDecoders and I'll send
> examples of the ldm pqact.conf entries as a attachment. Look for the
> gribtonc entries.
>
> >
> > (2) I'm wanting to mess around with gribtonc, but I can't find any
> > documentation on it.  I tried "man gribtonc", but I'm told there is No
> > manual entry for gribtonc?  I'm not sure why because I see gribtonc.1 in
> > /home/ldm/man/man1 and I have added /home/ldm/man, /home/ldm/man/man1, and
> > /home/ldm/man/man3 to MANPATH?
> >
>
> The man files are in the man directory of the decoders package, same level
> as the src directory.  Either copy them to the ldm man directory or add
> that directory to the MANPATH environment variable.  Also you can go to
> the man directory and do command line nroff, ie
>
> % nroff -man gribtonc.1 | more
>
>
> > (3) Where should I put the *.cdl files?
>
> The cdls are usually placed in the ~ldm/etc directory.  The decoders
> binaries are usually located in a ~ldm/decoders directory also.
>
> Robb...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:31 AM
> > To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> > Cc: decoders
> > Subject: RE: New decoders release
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> >
> > > Robb,
> > >
> > > OK, I grabbed the binary distributions of udunits and netcdf and was
> able
> > to
> > > get the source distribution of netcdf-perl to seemingly install without
> > > problems.  I've grabbed the
> > > decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z file and the decoders_patches.tar file.  I unzipped
> > and
> > > untarred decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z and tried to run:
> > >
> > > (./configure & make install install clean) >&! log
> > >
> > > No joy!  No what?  I've attached my log file, my CUSTOMIZE file, the
> > results
> > > of "uname -a" (uname.out).  For kicks, I attached the results of "perl
> -V"
> > > too (perl.out).  Are there any "known" settings for the CUSTOMIZE file
> for
> > > my linux OS?
> >
> > Brian,
> >
> > I think the problem is your compiler flag -traditional. Here's what to do:
> >
> > % make distclean   in src dir of decoders-2.4.4
> > % setenv CC gcc
> > % (./configure & make all test install clean) >&! log &    Note changes
> > % tail -f log
> >
> > Let me know how this works out.
> >
> > Robb...
> >
> > ps log info stuff really helps out in debugging problems
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > > P.S. - I've obviously never tried to install decoders.tar.Z before in
> case
> > > you hadn't guessed.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 10:35 AM
> > > To: HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM)
> > > Cc: decoders
> > > Subject: RE: New decoders release
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, HOETH, BRIAN R. (JSC-ZS) (LM) wrote:
> > >
> > > > Robb,
> > > >
> > > > Question:  Are the binary distributions of udunits, netcdf, and
> > > netcdf-perl
> > > > sufficient in order to install decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z or should I
> attempt
> > to
> > > > install the source distributions of each of the auxilliary packages?
> > >
> > > Brian,
> > >
> > > If the binaries are available, you could use them.  the decoders package
> > > needs the libraries and include files for netcdf and udunits. I don't
> > > think netcdf-perl is available as a binary though
> > >
> > > Let me know of problems.
> > >
> > > Robb...
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > ---------------
> > > > Brian Hoeth
> > > > Spaceflight Meteorology Group
> > > > Johnson Space Center
> > > > Ph: 281-483-3246
> > > > Ops:  281-483-1051
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Robb Kambic [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 3:53 PM
> > > > To: address@hidden
> > > > Cc: decoders
> > > > Subject: New decoders release
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hiya,
> > > >
> > > > I'm pleased to announce the tested release of Decoders 2.4.4.
> Remember
> > > > the last release was a beta release, since then there have been many
> > > changes
> > > > to make decoders more robust. If any of the following release notes
> > apply
> > > or
> > > > there are gribtonc messages in the ldmd.log file, I suggest that one
> > > > installs the latest release.
> > > >
> > > > Release Notes since last release:
> > > >
> > > > 2.4.4 2003-02-25        added vars gust_sfc to ruc2.cdl and vars
> > Tmin_fhg
> > > > and
> > > >                         Tmax_fhg to avn-x.cdl
> > > >                         mods to gdes.c gribtocdl.[1c] inetutil.c
> ulog.h
> > so
> > > >                         code compiles on AIX boxes.
> > > >
> > > > 2.4.3 2003-02-21        modifications so user parms functionality
> works
> > > >                         correctly in the code, added this
> functionality
> > to
> > > >                         gribdump. Also updated the man pages. mods to:
> > > >                         gribtocdl.c, params.c, gribdump.c, gribtonc.1
> > and
> > > >                         gribdump.1
> > > >
> > > > 2.4.2 2003-02-19        Added the PNO indicator for Metar decoder
> > > >                         In gdes.c, changed i_dim from lat to lon
> > > >                         fixed avn-1.0x1.0.cdl also
> > > >
> > > > 2.4.1 2003-01-31        Fixed some error for the avn-1.0x1.0 Grid.
> Also
> > > > fixed
> > > >                         errors for the Gaussian lat/lon grid, plus
> other
> > > > fixes
> > > >                         mods to gribtocdl.c gdes.c nc.c
> > > >
> > > > Other fixes forgotten to be entered in Notes.
> > > >
> > > > To reiterate a couple of gribtocdl notes:
> > > >
> > > > - Use a representative dataset when creating a CDL file with
> gribtocdl.
> > If
> > > > the
> > > >   dataset is missing a variable, it will also be missing in the CDL.
> > > >
> > > > - Consider the created CDL as a starting point, minor tweaks are
> usually
> > > >   needed.
> > > >
> > > > - The external table file feature for variable name override has not
> > > >   been tested much, but needs to be used with gribtocdl as well as
> > > >   gribtonc to override variable names. It can also be used with
> > gribdump.
> > > >
> > > > - Default variable names follow NUWG conventions.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > To get the decoders code via ftp:
> > > >
> > > > % ftp www.unidata.ucar.edu
> > > > login as anonymous
> > > >
> > > > % cd pub/decoders
> > > > % get decoders-2.4.4.tar.Z
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If problems are found, please send email to address@hidden
> > with
> > > > information necessary to reproduce the problem, error messages, and
> log
> > > > messages.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Robb...
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> ============================================================================
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> > > > Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
> > > > Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for
> > Atmospheric
> > > > Research
> > > > address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> > > >
> > >
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> > > Robb Kambic                                  Unidata Program Center
> > > Software Engineer III                        Univ. Corp for
> Atmospheric
> > > Research
> > > address@hidden               WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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> > Robb Kambic                            Unidata Program Center
> > Software Engineer III                          Univ. Corp for Atmospheric
> > Research
> > address@hidden                 WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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> Robb Kambic                              Unidata Program Center
> Software Engineer III                    Univ. Corp for Atmospheric
> Research
> address@hidden                   WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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