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Re: 20050321: DPA Availability through NNEXRAD (fwd)

Hi David,

Ths URL explains the format of the DPA data:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:dr2Ra5Cc23sJ:www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hrl/pps/_old/dpa_format.wpd+DPA+radar+product+format&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Hope this helps...

Cheers,

Jeff
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, David R. Legates wrote:

> Dear Jeff,
>
>     Thanks for your prompt reply.  I will have our support person (Kenji)
> see if we can start downloading the data.
>
>     If the data are not in the NIDS format, can you point me to a document
> that describes its format?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> David
>
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Jeff Weber wrote:
>
> > Hi David,
> >
> >
> > Apologies, the DPA is NOT on the NNEXRAD feed and is not in NIDS format.
> >
> > It is in the HDS/HRS feed and the action to decode/file is:
> >
> > #
> > HDS     ^SDUS8. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/p(DPA)(...)
> >        FILE    -close  
> > data/gempak/nexrad/NIDS/\5/\4/\4_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2\3
> >
> >
> > Let me know if you need any further clarification..
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
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> > Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden        :
> > Unidata Program Center                        PH:303-497-8676        :
> > University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000  :
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, David R. Legates wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Jeff,
> >>
> >>     Thanks for the help.  I don't think we are downloading them and it
> >> could be due to the configuration (files attached).  As for viewers, we
> >> have our own system to ingest the DPA files and view them, so all we
> >> really need are the .581 files.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> David
> >>
> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:40:46 -0500
> >> From: Kenji Matsuura <address@hidden>
> >> To: David R. Legates <address@hidden>
> >> Subject: Re: 20050321: DPA Availability through NNEXRAD (fwd)
> >>
> >> Here are ldmd.conf and pqact.conf (He might want to see it).   I do not 
> >> think
> >> that NEXTRAD in pqact.conf file is working but I am not sure why.
> >>
> >> Kenji
> >>
> >
>