Julian,I found the need FWS parameter tables and installed them in the Java decoder package. The new package is GRIBJava.tar.gz or grib-decoder-java_4.0.02.tar.gz in the NetCDF download section of Unidata web site. Depending on your distribution, you might have to rename the grib-4.0.02.jar in the new release to the name in your distribution.
I think John answer your question at the bottom of this message. robb...
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