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20010128: SFEDIT and station table problem



Paula,

One thing I notice (that isn't your problem yet) is that in SFCFIL,
you are specifying TIMSTN = 1/1. That means, you will be allocating space
for 1 time....but your input file has 39 times. You should change this to
TIMSTN = 39/0
or
change all the times in your input file to a single time (this would make
plotting a little easier). 


The SFEDIT -8 error you are getting implies that the parameters aren't in your
surface file lennytrack.dat ...but I see that you created your file and they 
are there.

I created your station table and data file and was able to import the data
and plot it...so I'm not really sure why you are getting the error message.

I'd suggest going back and removing the lennytrack.dat file and recreating
it using the TIMSTN I mentioned above. Then, verify that you do have the file
newly created in your directory and run SFEDIT again.

If you still have trouble, send me your lennytrack.dat surface file
so I can see how it was created.

If you are using GEMPAK 5.6, then you can color code your markers using 
SFPARM=mark 
and then using COLOR assigning the mark color to the MCPR, SKNT or SCAT
parameter as is shown in the online examples for COLOR.

Steve CHiswell


 
>From: Paula Dzuroff <address@hidden>
>Organization: The Ohio State University
>Keywords: 200101282045.f0SKjgX06436

>Hi Steve,
>
>I'm working on plotting hurricane tracks.  I have a station table
>(lenny_sta.tbl) that looks like:
>
>L01       99999 P1                               -- --  1670  -8160
>0
>L02       99999 P2                               -- --  1650  -8110
>0
>L03       99999 P3                               -- --  1640  -8050
>0
>L04       99999 P4                               -- --  1640  -7990
>0
>L05       99999 P5                               -- --  1630  -7930
>0
>L06       99999 P6                               -- --  1600  -7860
>0
>L07       99999 P7                               -- --  1550  -7770
>0
>L08       99999 P8                               -- --  1510  -7640
>0
>L09       99999 P9                               -- --  1480  -7480
>0
>L10       99999 P10                              -- --  1510  -7340
>0
>L11       99999 P11                              -- --  1510  -7200
>0
>L12       99999 P12                              -- --  1510  -7050
>0
>L13       99999 P13                              -- --  1550  -6900
>0
>L14       99999 P14                              -- --  1590  -6760
>0
>L15       99999 P15                              -- --  1640  -6650
>0
>L16       99999 P16                              -- --  1680  -6550
>0
>L17       99999 P17                              -- --  1740  -6480
>0
>L18       99999 P18                              -- --  1760  -6420
>0
>L19       99999 P19                              -- --  1780  -6390
>0
>L20       99999 P20                              -- --  1790  -6360
>0
>L21       99999 P21                              -- --  1800  -6330
>0
>L22       99999 P22                              -- --  1810  -6310
>0
>L23       99999 P23                              -- --  1800  -6290
>0
>L24       99999 P24                              -- --  1790  -6280
>0
>L25       99999 P25                              -- --  1760  -6250
>0
>L26       99999 P26                              -- --  1730  -6180
>0
>L27       99999 P27                              -- --  1700  -6110
>0
>L28       99999 P28                              -- --  1650  -6040
>0
>L29       99999 P29                              -- --  1590  -5980
>0
>L30       99999 P30                              -- --  1600  -5900
>0
>L31       99999 P31                              -- --  1650  -5810
>0
>L32       99999 P32                              -- --  1720  -5710
>0
>L33       99999 P33                              -- --  1800  -5670
>0
>L34       99999 P34                              -- --  1840  -5610
>0
>L35       99999 P35                              -- --  1850  -5570
>0
>L36       99999 P36                              -- --  1850  -5530
>0
>L37       99999 P37                              -- --  1850  -5470
>0
>L38       99999 P38                              -- --  1850  -5380
>0
>L39       99999 P39                              -- --  1850  -5280
>0
>
>I have no problem plotting the track in gpmap with STNPLT.  I am trying
>to make a plot that is intensity specific in colors and markers so I
>created an ascii file (lenny_new.tbl):
>
>PARM = MCPR;SKNT;SCAT
>
>STN  YYMMDD/HHMM       MCPR         SKNT        SCAT
>L01    991113/1800    1003          030           7
>L02    991114/0000    1003          030           7
>L03    991114/0600    1002          030           7
>L04    991114/1200    1000          040           6
>L05    991114/1800    0992          055           6
>L06    991115/0000    0988          070           1
>L07    991115/0600    0977          075           1
>L08    991115/1200    0971          085           2
>L09    991115/1800    0983          075           1
>L10    991116/0000    0982          075           1
>L11    991116/0600    0974          075           1
>L12    991116/1200    0971          085           2
>L13    991116/1800    0967          085           2
>L14    991117/0000    0959          100           3
>L15    991117/0600    0952          105           3
>L16    991117/1200    0946          115           4
>L17    991117/1800    0933          135           4
>L18    991118/0000    0940          130           4
>L19    991118/0600    0944          125           4
>L20    991118/1200    0953          120           4
>L21    991118/1800    0966          110           3
>L22    991119/0000    0975          085           2
>L23    991119/0600    0979          075           1
>L24    991119/1200    0986          070           1
>L25    991119/1800    0994          060           6
>L26    991120/0000    0994          055           6
>L27    991120/0600    0995          055           6
>L28    991120/1200    0996          050           6
>L29    991120/1800    0998          045           6
>L30    991121/0000    0998          040           6
>L31    991121/0600    0998          030           7
>L32    991121/1200    0999          030           7
>L33    991121/1800    1000          025           7
>L34    991122/0000    1001          025           7
>L35    991122/0600    1002          025           7
>L36    991122/1200    1004          025           7
>L37    991122/1800    1005          020           7
>L38    991123/0000    1006          020           7
>L39    991123/0600    1006          020           7
>
>I can create an empty surface file (lennytrack.dat) just fine but I
>cannot read the ascii file into it.  I am sure it is a formatting
>problem, but I'm not seeing it!
>
>Here's what I get:
>
>forest:[/space/home/pdzuroff/tracks]% sfcfil
> SFOUTF    Output surface file               lennytrack.dat
> SFPRMF    Surface parameter packing file    MCPR;SKNT;SCAT
> STNFIL    Station information file
>/home/pdzuroff/tracks/lenny_sta.tbl
> SHIPFL    Ship data file flag               NO
> TIMSTN    Times/additional stations         1/1
> SFFSRC    Surface file source               TEXT
> Parameters requested: SFOUTF,SFPRMF,STNFIL,SHIPFL,TIMSTN,SFFSRC.
> GEMPAK-SFCFIL>r
>
> SFCFIL PARAMETERS:
>
> New surface file:      lennytrack.dat
> Parameter file:        MCPR;SKNT;SCAT
> Station file:          /home/pdzuroff/tracks/lenny_sta.tbl
> Number of stations in STNFIL:      39
> Number of additional stations:      1
> Total number of stations:          40
> Total number of times:              1
>
> This file will be a standard surface file.
>
>Enter <cr> to accept parameters or type EXIT:
> The file has been created.
> Parameters requested: SFOUTF,SFPRMF,STNFIL,SHIPFL,TIMSTN,SFFSRC.
> GEMPAK-SFCFIL>e
>forest:[/space/home/pdzuroff/tracks]% sfedit
> SFEFIL    Surface edit file                 lenny_new.tbl
> SFFILE    Surface data file                 lennytrack.dat
> Parameters requested: SFEFIL,SFFILE.
> GEMPAK-SFEDIT>r
> [SFEDIT -8]  Parameter MCPR is not in the data set.
> [SFEDIT -8]  Parameter SKNT is not in the data set.
> [SFEDIT -8]  Parameter SCAT is not in the data set.
> [SFEDIT -9]  SFEDIT cannot continue with invalid parameters.
> Parameters requested: SFEFIL,SFFILE.
> GEMPAK-SFEDIT>
>
>I'd love it if you could take a look at this.  It's the first time I'm
>trying it.  I'm really new to GEMPAK (about 1 mo.) but I have a built-in
>tutor (I'm engaged to Chris Hennon, he helps a lot but he's never tried
>this before.)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Paula Dzuroff
>
>___________________________________________________
>Paula Ann Dzuroff
>The Ohio State University
>Atmospheric Science Program - Tropical Meteorology
>1036 Derby Hall
>154 North Oval Mall
>Columbus, Ohio 43210
>(614) 292-3133
>
>address@hidden
>___________________________________________________
>