Re: 19991006: decoders software

• To: "Lomax, Andy" <ALomax@xxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: 19991006: decoders software
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:44:29 -0600 (MDT)

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

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>From: "Lomax, Andy" <ALomax@xxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: decoders software
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>Keywords: 199910061757.LAA11051

I downloaded your decoder software to take a look at and when I realized
that it was nearly 2500 pages of code, I was a bit overwhelmed.  Before I
start going through it, I wanted to make sure that this code will do what I
want.  I am working specifically with Navy ship synoptic observations and
METAR observations and need to find a way to take the encoded information
and convert it into usable data to place in a database.  Is this what this

code does

Andy,

The buoy2nc decodes ship/buoy reports and then writes them out to netCDF
files, if the -v option is used then it writes the decoded information to
the log file also.  If one doesn't want to use the netCDF output, then one
could comment out all references to netCDF. Likewise, the metar2nc
decodes the metar reports in the same manner.  The input to the decoders
is the WMO format from an NWS stream


and if so, what role does the NetCDF play?  Thanks for your help.

NetCDF (network Common Data Form) is an interface for array-oriented data
access
and a library that provides an implementation of the interface. The netCDF
library also
defines a machine-independent format for representing scientific data.
Together, the
interface, library, and format support the creation, access, and sharing
of scientific data.

Detail info at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html



Currently, I'm working on a new release for all Y2K type bugs and some bug
fixes.


Robb...

Andy Lomax
703-418-2800x543
alomax@xxxxxxxxx


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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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