| Examples | |
|---|---|
| IMAGE | Digital Satellite imagery: GOES, POES, MODIS, METEOSAT, GMS, FY2, GINI Digital Radar Imagery: NEXRAD, NIDS, NEXRCOMP, NOWrad®, MDR |
| POINT | Conventional observational data: surface, upper air, FSL wind profiler, NLDN lightning, PIREP/AIREP |
| GRID | NCEP model output, objective analyses |
| TEXT | Watches, warnings, forecasts, raw observations |
| File Name Prefix | Type of Data Stored |
|---|---|
| AREA | IMAGE data |
| GRID | GRID data |
| MD | POINT Source data |
| LW | Formatted Text files |
| VIRT | Virtual Graphics |
| OUT | MAP database files |
| File Name Suffix | Type of Data Stored |
| .ET | Image enhancement tables |
| .GRX | Graphics tables |
| .IDX | McIDAS-XCD weather text pointer files |
| .PIX | McIDAS-X navigated raster file |
| .RAP | Rapid access text pointer files |
| .RAT | Rapid access text data files |
| .ST | Image stretch tables |
| .XCD | McIDAS-XCD weather text files |
| .nc | netCDF (grid, image, and point source) |
Where:
| XXXX | AREA, GRID, MDXX, or VIRT |
| nnnn | 4-digit integer: 0001-9999 |
Examples: