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Here is a sample of aircraft data collected during a field experiment:

DATE        LAT    LON      PRES     HGHT     TMPC     DWPC     SSTC     SPED     DRCT
21.9361   37.04 -25.20    975.58   433.78    14.37    11.54    17.49     5.62    78.27
21.9389   37.05 -25.20    965.67   520.66    13.58    11.08    17.48     4.45    83.18
21.9417   37.06 -25.20    956.32   601.89    13.22     9.09    17.49     4.18    88.79
21.9444   37.06 -25.21    948.71    21.58    12.70     8.32    17.51     3.82    81.65
21.9472   37.07 -25.21    942.53    21.58    12.36     7.60    17.37     4.56    85.96
21.9500   37.08 -25.21    937.86   189.88    12.19     6.20    17.31     4.41    82.84
21.9528   37.09 -25.22    932.87   814.19    12.40     4.69    17.17     4.44    82.12
21.9556   37.10 -25.22    927.48   863.54    12.17     4.92    17.20     4.20    73.18
21.9583   37.11 -25.22    919.45   934.24    11.74     4.94    17.26     3.83    61.57
21.9611   37.12 -25.23    911.19  1010.74    11.26     5.16    17.17     3.85    58.72

We would like to represent this data as a GEMPAK surface file so that we can plot the flight track and sea surface temperature along the path of the aircraft as individual surface station reports.

1. Generate a surface station table and surface data file from the aircraft data.
   Here are the Station Table and Data file I created.

2. Create a GEMPAK surface file for the above data set.

3. Import the data file imto the GEMPAK file.
   Here is the GEMPAK file from the above data.

GEMPAK Online Tutorial > Importing data

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