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Re: 20051011:QPE "mosaic"

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the update, let us know if we can help re the netCDF file
format...

Cheers,

Jeff
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Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden        :
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University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005, steven vasiloff wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Wenwu wrote me that the sizes of gunzipped mosaic2d and mosaic 3d files
> for each tiles are:
>   tile                            mosaic2d              mosaic3d
>   1                               60M                       54M
>   2                                60M                      54M
>   3                               30M                       27M
>   4                                60M                      54M
>   5                               80M                       72M
>   6                                80M                      72M
>   7                               40M                       36M
>   8                                80M                      72M
>
> We have some work to do to get our program running that stitches the
> tiles into a CONUS file.  2D will be ~500 MB and 3D ~400 MB.  We may
> need to provide a format converter since we output a modified netCDF.
>
> Also, I we are fine tuning our radar QC to ensure a quality product.
> Once we finalize these things we will start shipping you all the data.
> The LEAD connection will be important for us and I am pleased that you
> are in a position to help us with it.
>
> I will review the status of these issues with Jian, Ken and Wenwu and
> get you a time estimate ASAP.
>
> Steve
> On Oct 20, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Jeff Weber wrote:
>
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > Any word on allowing us to feed from you the 2d and 3d gridded mosaic?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jeff
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 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 Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Jeff Weber wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Steve,
> >>
> >> We have not found the "upper limit" yet, TCP/IP breaks everything up
> >> into
> >> chunks anyway...we ingest imagery that is > 25 MB per file, not to
> >> mention
> >> hi-res model output :)
> >>
> >> We are primarily interested in the 2d and 3d gridded mosaic.(in
> >> netCDF)
> >>
> >> Are they larger than 4-500MB? Would not want to crater the queue,
> >> that is
> >> the main concern....our queue's range from 8-12GB
> >>
> >> The allow line for us is:
> >>
> >> allow  EXP  \.unidata\.ucar\.edu$
> >>
> >> This will allow us to ingest on different machines for testing, we
> >> will
> >> only draw one feed at a time.
> >>
> >> ...and what machine would we point this request at?
> >>
> >> Feel free to pass any compatibility questions re THREDDS or LEAD by me
> >> (us) at anytime...
> >>
> >> Thanks for working with us...
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> 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 Tue, 11 Oct 2005, Steven Vasiloff wrote:
> >>
> >>> Jeff,
> >>>
> >>> 1)  I will check on the file sizes of CONUS products.  What is a max
> >>> size to efficiently transfer?
> >>>
> >>> 2)  THis is definitely possible and I can talk to our IT guy about
> >>> setting this up.  The solution somewhat depends on the answer to 1).
> >>>
> >>> Also, we are working with Kelvin to leverage NMQ/JADE (a web portal
> >>> for
> >>> collaborative research onliine) with the LEAD project.  We will be
> >>> developing XML SOAs and would like to be compatible with thredds etc.
> >>> More on this later.
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>> On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Jeff Weber wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Ken and Steve,
> >>>>
> >>>> I am writing you in regards to the QPE national mosaic product.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have two questions:
> >>>>
> >>>> 1) Do you plan to migrate away from the "tiled" products and
> >>>> deliver a
> >>>>    single file for the CONUS?..if so, when do you plan to do this?
> >>>>
> >>>> 2) Can we obtain a direct feed to Unidata via IDD/LDM rather than
> >>>> feeding
> >>>>    from UCAR/RAP?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeff
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> -
> >>>> 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
> >>>>  :
> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> -
> >>>
> >>
>
>