Hi netCDF users group: Date: November 20, 1995
I'm with the Oklahoma Mesonetwork. If you haven't heard of us, our network
consists of 111 weather stations across the state, each of which produces
5 minute resolution data for:
Air Temperature
Relative Humidity
Barometric Pressure
Wind Speed and Direction
Rainfall
Solar Radiation
and 15 minute resolution data for soil temperatures. Needless to say, this
adds up. We have chosen netCDF for our archive format, and are close to being
able to share some of our data in 'beta-test' mode. If you expect to receive
Mesonet data from us in the future, this is a chance to preview the format
you will be using.
If you would like to lend us a hand, regardless of whether you expect
to be a regular customer, we would appreciate your feedback on these files.
For example:
1. Are they truly self-describing or did we leave anything out?
2. Are they constructed in such a way that accessing the data is easy,
using your netCDF software?
3. Do they work OK under your Operating System?
4. Anything in general we can do to make them easier to use?
If you would like to help us out, please respond to my email address
(SRIDHAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), and I will arrange to have some test files
sent to you by early January. By the way, each file will contain an entire
day's data from our network, and will be just under 2 MBytes in size. We will
be happy to have you use the data for your own purposes, but with the
following understanding:
1. If you need the data for serious research purposes, Quality Assurance
results for the data will be provided in separate files, as time allows.
There will be no QA results internal to these netCDF files.
2. We will provide you with 2 days data maxmimum, and the data must be for
a day or days between Jan. 1, 1995 and July 31, 1995.
3. We ask that this data not be shared with anyone outside your office,
as revenues from archived data help sustain our network.
If you are interested, please include your fax number in your email response,
and I will fax you a brief statement of understanding regarding the points
above, which I will need you to sign and return.
Your help will greatly improve our ability to serve you and others down the
road, and will be much appreciated.
Thank you,
Sridhar Kulasekharan
System Support ProgrammerThe Oklahoma Climatological Survey
100 E. Boyd, Rm. 1210
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325-0844
(405) 325-2541
