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20051103: idv and gempak format



David,

You can use SFLIST to output the data into an ascii format which you
can then format as needed, or you could write a program that interfaces
with gemlib.a directly.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


>From: "David Fitzgerald" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200511031514.jA3FEx7s015381

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>Hi,
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>Probably a dumb question, but I have some archived metar data in gempak
>format I would like to be able to view in IDV.  I know IDV doesn't read
>gempak files directly, so is there a converter somewhere that will
>convert this data to netcdf or another compatible format?
>=20
>Thanks!
>=20
>Dave
>=20
>+++++++++++++++++++++++
>David Fitzgerald
>Department of Earth Sciences
>Millersville University
>Millersville Pa 17551
>=20
>Phone: 717-871-2394
>=20
> =20
>I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less
>than half of you half as well as you deserve.
>J. R. R. Tolkien
><http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/J._R._R._Tolkien/> , The
>Fellowship of the Ring
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><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Probably a dumb question, but I have =
>so</span></font><st1:PersonName><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>me</span></font></st1:Person=
>Name><font
>size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> archived =
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> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>me</span></font></st1:Person=
>Name><font
>size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>tar data in
>gempak format I would like to be able to view in IDV.<span
>style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp; </span>I know IDV doesn&#8217;t read =
>gempak
>files directly, so is there a converter =
>so</span></font><st1:PersonName><font
> size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>me</span></font></st1:Person=
>Name><font
>size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>where that
>will convert this data to netcdf or another compatible =
>format?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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>font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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>font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>
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><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
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><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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>font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>+++++++++++++++++++++++</span></font>=
><span
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>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span
> style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>David =
>Fitzgerald</span></font></st1:PersonName><span
>style=3D'mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
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>font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Depart</span></font><st1:PersonName><=
>font
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>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
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>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>nt of =
>Earth
>Sciences</span></font><span =
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>
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>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Phone: =
>717-871-2394</span></font><span
>style=3D'mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
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><p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
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>
><p class=3DMsoNormal><em><i><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>I don't know half of you half as =
>well as I
>should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you =
>deserve.</span></font></i></em><font
>size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
>yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>
><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3D2 =
>face=3DArial><span
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof=
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>href=3D"http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/J._R._R._Tolkien/";><em><i><f=
>ont
>color=3Dblack face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-family:Arial;color:windowtext;
>text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>J. R. R. =
>Tolkien</span></font></i></em></a></span></font></b><em><i><font
>size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
>yes'>, The Fellowship of the Ring</span></font></i></em><font size=3D2
>face=3DArial><span =
>style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p=
>>
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