mm5 to nc with CF conversion tool available

[Stuart Maclean]

Given the recent postings about MM and netcdf, I thought I would mention 
the fact that I have written a Java converter tool which converts both 
the mm5 TERRAIN output and MODEL output (INTERP?) to netcdf.  The 
conversion reads geo-locating metadata from the mm5 big header and 
outputs these as CF conventions compliant netcdf.  IDV can read my nc 
files directly.

I should point out that the converter was written to handle our local 
mm5 files.  I know that it will not handle mm5 orderings CA for 
instance. Further, the geolocating metadata is assumed to be in certain 
sections of the mm5 big header, I am not sure if this assumption holds 
in general

The converter is available for download at

http://metoc.apl.washington.edu/uwme

Stuart Maclean