Unidata - To provide the data services, tools, and cyberinfrastructure leadership that advance Earth system science, enhance educational opportunities, and broaden participation. Unidata
         
  advanced  
 

LDM Feed Types


The table below summarizes the current assignments for LDM feed types and feed sets, used in LDM configuration files and in arguments to LDM programs. (A feed set is a union or difference of feed types.)

Primary Name Alternate Names* Description
PPS FT0 Public Products Service
DDS FT1, DOMESTIC Domestic Data Service
HDS FT2, HRS High resolution Data Service
IDS FT3, INTNL International Data Service
SPARE FT4 Spare, available for IDD use.
UNIWISC MCIDAS, FT5 Satellite imagery and derived products from the Unidata/Wisconsin Broadcast
PCWS FT6, ACARS ACARS data, from commercial aircraft
FSL2 FT7, PROFILER Wind profiler data from FSL
FSL3 FT8 Reserved for FSL use
FSL4 FT9 Reserved for FSL use
FSL5 FT10 Reserved for FSL use
AFOS FT11, NMC1, GPSSRC National Weather Service AFOS
NMC2 FT12, NCEPH CONDUIT model data
FNEXRAD * FT13, NMC3 NOAAPORT NEXRAD Floater
NLDN FT14 National Lighting Data Network
WSI FT15 NIDS radar products
DIFAX FT16 Unidata community-generated replacement for defunct DIFAX feed
FAA604 FT17, FAA, 604 FAA604 products for NWS use (private network), but available for IDD use.
GPS FT18 Reserved for use in SuomiNet
FNMOC * FT19, SEISMIC, NOGAPS NOGAPS and COAMP model data from FNMOC
GEM FT20, CMC Canadian Meteorological Center GEM model outputs.
NIMAGE FT21, IMAGE NOAAport imagery (for future use)
NTEXT FT22, TEXT NOAAport text products (for future use)
NGRID FT23, GRID NOAAport gridded binary (GRIB, GRID) products (for future use)
NPOINT FT24, POINT, NBUFR, BUFR Reserved for NOAAport point products (for future use)
NGRAPH FT25, GRAPH NOAAport Redbook Graphics (for future use)
NOTHER FT26, OTHER Reserved for other NOAAport data (for future use)
NNEXRAD FT27, NEXRAD NOAAport NEXRAD
NEXRAD2 FT28, CRAFT, NEXRD2 Reserved for distribution of NEXRAD Level-II radar data
NXRDSRC FT29 Reserved for NCDC use for archiving NEXRAD level 2 data.
EXP FT30 For testing, experiments, and transient or low-interest data streams
ANY FT0 | FT1 | FT2 | ... | FT31 Predefined feed set name for any feed type
NONE - Predefined feed set name for no feed types (will not match anything)
DDPLUS FT0 | FT1 Predefined feed set name for PPS or DDS.
WMO FT0 | FT1 | FT2 | FT3 Predefined feed set name for PPS, DDS, HDS, or IDS.
UNIDATA FT0 | FT1 | FT2 | FT3 | FT5 Predefined feed set name for PPS, DDS, HDS, IDS, or UNIWISC.
FSL FT6 | FT7 | FT8 | FT9 | FT10 Predefined feed set name for PCWS, FSL2, FSL3, FSL4, or FSL5.
NMC FT11 | FT12 | FT13 Predefined feed set name for AFOS, NMC2, or NMC3.
NPORT FT22 | FT23 | FT24 | FT25 | FT26 Predefined feed set name for NTEXT, NGRID, NPOINT, NGRAPH, or NOTHER.

* Note: The alternate names for each feed type are simply aliases and can be used interchangably. However, aliases are introduced in LDM versions over time and therefore not all aliases are known for all LDM versions. In particular:

 
 
  Contact Us     Site Map     Search     Terms and Conditions     Privacy Policy     Participation Policy
 
National Science Foundation (NSF) UCAR Office of Programs University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)   Unidata is a member of the UCAR Office of Programs, is managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
P.O. Box 3000     Boulder, CO 80307-3000 USA     Tel: 303-497-8643     Fax: 303-497-8690