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20030109: Display of redbook graphics

Art,

gpmap can display the redbook graphics files that are in the
NOAAPORT data stream. For example:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/chiz/redbook/surfacechart.gif

The above URL uses sfmap to display the surface observations,
and gpmap to display the surface fronts and isobars
(aka pils 90F and 90I or WMO headers PYAA98 KWNO and PPAA89 KWNO).

Use AWPSFL to specify the redbook file, and LINE to specify the 
graphic color.

What product are you trying to display? 

Steve CHiswell



>From: "Arthur A. Person" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200301091639.h09Gdvt28217

>Hi...
>
>I'm collecting the raw redbook messages off the ldm into files and was
>under the impression that gpmap could be used to display these based on
>the following email from the gempak archives:
>
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>From: Steve Chiswell <address@hidden>
>To: David Knight <address@hidden>
>cc: address@hidden
>Subject: 20001016: REDBOOK Graphics
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>Dave,
>
>An example that shows a pqact.conf pattern for sending redbook
>products to dcredbook for plotting is shown at:
>http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/gempak/examples/redbook/
>If you want individual product IDs, then $GEMTBL/pgen/awdef.tbl
>is a good starting point (as well as the NWS-changes announcements.
>
>The decoding script shows the simplest pattern which passes everything
>redbook
>to the dcredbook plotted. Use dcredbook_gf for making gifs, dcredbook_ps
>for ps,
>or dcredbook (as a generic use) for any of the device drivers (including
>the
>vg). With the vg, the products can be imported into NMAP.
>
>Or, set the AWPSFL variable to the redbook file name in GPMAP for
>overlaying
>the analysis on data etc. The redbook 3 hourly surface anlyses include
>isobars and frontal positions. You can overlay these on the decoded
>surface data
>for something akin to what is available on DIFAX.
>
>I'll be updating the tutorial this week and and will try to provide script
>examples for producing some of the common products that DIFAX provides.
>If you have a few "must" DIFAX products that you can provide me with, I
>can
>target those in the examples.
>
>Chiz
>
>We've tried using gpmap to display the files but only get a blank map and
>no data.  Am I making a bad assumption here, or should this work, and what
>might the trick be?
>
>                                  Thanks.
>
>                                    Art.
>
>
>Arthur A. Person
>Research Assistant, System Administrator
>Penn State Department of Meteorology
>email:  address@hidden, phone:  814-863-1563
>