Sorry for contributing so little to this discussion so far. I just wanted to voice my reservation at bringing this standard to such a large body as WMO at this time. My impression, after perusing the GRIB format (which I think is the standard at the European Center for Midrange Weather forecasting), is that WMO's goals for data are much more narrowly defined than those for what this group is trying to construct. Just my opinion, really, Bill |||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |||| William Weibel weibel@atmos.ucla.edu UCLA Department of Atmospheric Sciences Tel. (310)206-4441 \\\\/ Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565 Fax (310)206-5219 O-O U.S.A. | - ... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; this is to have succeeded. --Ralph Waldo Emerson |||| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ||||