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20040726: Dcreanal program for converting netCDF to GEMPAK



Tom,

The dcreanal program was written to convert reanalysis data
files which used the COARDS convention for storage in NetCDF.
If the files you have are not using the COARDS convention, then
the converter would have to be modified to the CDL of the
data you have. It is difficult to create a general NetCDF converter
since the storage convention is user defined. The best direction is
to create converters for common storage conventions like CF or COARDs.

Another option would be to obtain the RUC data in grib format such as can
be done from NCDC at:
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/#weather_datasets
The grib data could be converted to GEMPAK more readily.

Steve Chiswell


>From: "Tom Green" <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords: 200407261918.i6QJIYaW022570

>Hello,
>
>I've been going back through the GEMPAK question thread looking for a
>converter to go from netCDF to GEMPAK.  I've been told by one or two people
>that no such converter exists, but I've also seen some references in some
>question to a 'dcreanal' program that converts from netCDF to GEMPAK.  I saw
>a reference to this program in one of the threads from March 11, 2004, for
>example.  I am NOT looking for a converter from WRF netCDF files, which I've
>also seen mentioned on the GEMPAK thread.  I am looking for a converter from
>RUC netCDF files to GEMPAK.  My data source for these files is the
>Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program, and the webpage which I used to
>request the files is
>http://www.arm.gov/xds/static/ruc.stm#Temporal_Coverage, if you need an
>example.  Any information you can give on converting these files would be
>greatly appreciated.  Thanks for your time and attention.
>
>Tom Green
>
>
>Tom Green
>Graduate Research Assistant
>Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
>North Carolina State University
>5138 Jordan Hall
>
>
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