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[McIDAS #DYC-159086]: satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov server trouble
- Subject: [McIDAS #DYC-159086]: satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov server trouble
- Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:51:04 -0600
Hi Carl,
re:
> I enjoy using the IDV/McIDAS quite often for satellite data. I have been
> trying to get the PUB server working properly, but I have been routinely
> getting errors on many of the options the MTG. MTN, GPFDSK, etc.
satepsanone is making its imagery available via a McIDAS-X ADDE server.
A "feature" of ADDE is the ability to create dataset definitions (e.g.,
PUB/MTG, etc.) that have no content. This allows for the creation of
a dataset that is to be populated at a later date. The downside of this
is the end user will get an unexpected error when trying to list/display
an image from an empty dataset. For instance, see what happens when
trying to list the contents of the defined PUB/LI-EC dataset in
McIDAS-X from satepsanone:
IMGLIST PUB/LI-EC
Image file directory listing for:PUB/LI-EC
IMGLIST: No images satisfy the selection criteria
IMGLIST: done
IMGLIST failed, RC=2
re:
> I remember a
> while back the server worked for those regions. I wanted to have a good
> view of the far east like Taiwan Japan and China to watch the super
> typhoon, I don't know if the problem is with the server or on my end.
The McIDAS-X DSINFO command can be used to list the ADDE dataset definitions
for an ADDE group. For instance:
DATALOC LIST PUB
Group Name Server IP Address
-------------------- ----------------------------------------
PUB SATEPSANONE.NESDIS.NOAA.GOV
<LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data directory.
DATALOC -- done
DSINFO I PUB
Dataset Names of Type: IMAGE in Group: PUB
Name NumPos Content
------------ ------ --------------------------------------
AQPE 6 OLD AUTO-ESTIMATOR
AUNR-1HR 6 H/E 1HR AUTO-EST NO RADAR
AUNR-24HR 6 H/E 24HR AUTO-EST NO RADAR
AUNR-3HR 6 H/E 3HR AUTO-EST NO RADAR
AUNR-6HR 6 H/E 6HR AUTO-EST NO RADAR
AUNR-INST 6 H/E AUTO-EST INST NO RADAR
AUWR-1HR 6 H/E 1HR AUTO-EST RADAR
AUWR-24HR 6 H/E 24HR AUTO-EST RADAR
AUWR-3HR 6 H/E 3HR AUTO-EST RADAR
AUWR-6HR 6 H/E 6HR AUTO-EST RADAR
BLPWTM 20 Blended TPW Time composite
BLTPW 20 Blended TPW composite
BREF 99999
BREF2 99999
CAPE-EC 24 CAPE FOR G-13 EAST CONUS
CAPE-ET 24 CAPE FOR G-13 EAST ATLANTIC
EFLR-EC 24 EFLR FOR G-13 EAST CONUS
EFLR-ET 24 EFLR FOR G-13 EAST ATLANTIC
GCSHEM04I2 10
GEFDSK01V 8
GEFDSK04I2 8
GEFDSK04I3 8
GEFDSK04I4 8
GEFDSK04I5 8
GEFDSK04I6 8
GENHEM01V 48
GENHEM04I2 48
GENHEM04I3 48
GENHEM04I4 48
GENHEM04I5 48
GENHEM04I6 48
GESHEM01V 48
GESHEM04I2 48
GESHEM04I3 48
GESHEM04I4 48
GESHEM04I5 48
GESNDR10M 72
GPFDSK01V 24
GPFDSK04I2 24
GPFDSK04I3 24
GPFDSK04I4 24
GPFDSK04I5 24
GWFDSK01V 8
GWFDSK04I2 8
GWFDSK04I3 8
GWFDSK04I4 8
GWFDSK04I6 8
GWNHEM01V 48
GWNHEM04I2 48
GWNHEM04I3 48
GWNHEM04I4 48
GWNHEM04I6 48
GWSHEM01V 48
GWSHEM04I2 48
GWSHEM04I3 48
GWSHEM04I4 48
GWSHEM04I6 48
GWSNDR10M 72
HECOMB-1HR 6 H/E 1HR EW COMBINATION
HECOMB-24HR 6 H/E 24HR EW COMBINATION
HECOMB-3HR 6 H/E 3HR EW COMBINATION
HECOMB-6HR 6 H/E 6HR EW COMBINATION
HECOMB-INST 6 H/E INST EW COMBINATION
HENR-1HR 6 H/E 1 HOUR NO RADAR
HENR-24HR 6 H/E 24 HOUR NO RADAR
HENR-3HR 6 H/E 3 HOUR NO RADAR
HENR-6HR 6 H/E 6 HOUR NO RADAR
HENR-INST 6 H/E INSTANTANEOUS NO RADAR
HEWEST-1HR 6 H/E 1HR WEST
HEWEST-24HR 6 H/E 24HR WEST
HEWEST-3HR 6 H/E 3HR WEST
HEWEST-6HR 6 H/E 6HR WEST
HEWEST-INST 6 H/E INST WEST
HEWR-1HR 6 H/E 1 HOUR W RADAR
HEWR-24HR 6 H/E 24 HOUR W RADAR
HEWR-3HR 6 H/E 3 HOUR W RADAR
HEWR-6HR 6 H/E 6 HOUR W RADAR
HEWR-INST 6 H/E INSTANTANEOUS W RADAR
INDOEXIR 6 MET-7 Infrared
INDOEXVIS 6 MET-7 Visable
INDOEXWV 6 MET-7 Water Vapor
LI-EC 24 LI FOR G-13 EAST CONUS
LI-ET 24 LI FOR G-13 EAST ATLANTIC
MEGLOB05I 4
MEGLOB05V 4
MEGLOB05WV 4
MSGGLOB04I 6 MSG Band 4 Full Disk
MSGGLOB10I 6 MSG Band 10 Full Disk
MTGLOB01V 48
MTGLOB02V 48
MTGLOB04I2 48
MTGLOB04I3 48
MTGLOB04I4 48
MTGLOB04I5 48
MTNHEM01V 48
MTNHEM04I2 48
MTNHEM04I3 48
MTNHEM04I4 48
MTNHEM04I5 48
POS 9999
TPW-EC 24 TPW FOR G-13 EAST CONUS
TPW-ET 24 TPW FOR G-13 EAST ATLANTIC
DSINFO -- done
As you can see from this listing, satepsanone no longer has dataset
defintions for the MTG. MTN, or GPFDSK datasets. This explains the
error one would get when trying to list images in any of them. For
instance:
IMGLIST PUB/MTG
Image file directory listing for:PUB/MTG
IMGLIST: Image directory server unable to resolve this dataset: PUB/MTG
IMGLIST: done
IMGLIST failed, RC=2
re:
> What
> is the proper set I should go to on the server for that region?
Please remember that we (Unidata) do not maintain the ADDE server on
satepsanone, so we are not the definitive source for information about
what is or should be in any of the datasets it hosts.
In the past, the answer to your question would have been to look at
any of the MTSAT-based datasets:
MTGLOB01V 48
MTGLOB02V 48
MTGLOB04I2 48
MTGLOB04I3 48
MTGLOB04I4 48
MTGLOB04I5 48
MTNHEM01V 48
MTNHEM04I2 48
MTNHEM04I3 48
MTNHEM04I4 48
MTNHEM04I5 48
Unfortunately, this is no longer the case as MTSAT was replaced
by Himawari by the JMA, and, even more unfortunately, NESDIS has
decided to not host Himawari images on satepsanone (there were
very good reasons for this decision - satepsanone is running
AIX, and AIX is no longer a supported platform for McIDAS-X.
Moreover, this machine is pretty old now, and doesn't have the
horsepower or disk space to host the data from Himawari).
The only images that we make available that covers the region
you are interested in are the global thermal infrared and
water vapor composites that we make available in the RTIMAGES
dataset on a variety of ADDE servers (e.g., adde.ucar.edu,
atm.ucar.edu, adde.ssec.wisc.edu, lead.unidata.ucar.edu).
For instance:
DATALOC LIST RTIMAGES
Group Name Server IP Address
-------------------- ----------------------------------------
RTIMAGES ADDE.UCAR.EDU
<LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data directory.
DATALOC -- done
DSINFO IMAGE RTIMAGES
Dataset Names of Type: IMAGE in Group: RTIMAGES
Name NumPos Content
------------ ------ --------------------------------------
ANTARCTIC 9999 Antarctic Thermal IR POES Composite
ANTARCTICIR 9999 Antarctic Thermal IR POES Composite
ANTARCTICIRL 9999 Antarctic Longwave IR POES Composite
ANTARCTICIRS 9999 Antarctic Shortwave IR POES Composite
ANTARCTICVIS 9999 Antarctic Visible POES Composite
ANTARCTICWV 9999 Antarctic Water Vapor POES Composite
ARCTIC-IR 9999 Arctic Thermal IR POES Composite
ARCTIC-IRL 9999 Arctic Longwave IR POES Composite
ARCTIC-IRS 9999 Arctic Shortwave IR POES Composite
ARCTIC-VIS 9999 Arctic Visible POES Composite
ARCTIC-WV 9999 Arctic Water Vapor POES Composite
GE-1KVIS 9999 GOES-East 1 km 0.63 um Visible
GE-39 9999 GOES-East 3.9 um short IR
GE-CO2 9999 GOES-East 13.3 um IR (CO2)
GE-IR 9999 GOES-East 10.7 um IR
GE-IRTOPO 10 GOES-East IR/TOPO Composite
GE-VIS 9999 GOES-East 0.63 um Visible
GE-VISTOPO 10 GOES-East VIS/TOPO Composite
GE-WV 9999 GOES-East 6.5 um IR (Water Vapor)
GEW-39 9999 GOES-East/West 3.9 um Composite
GEW-CO2 9999 GOES-East/West CO2 Composite
GEW-IR 9999 GOES-East/West IR Composite
GEW-IRTOPO 10 GOES-East/West IR/TOPO Composite
GEW-VIS 9999 GOES-East/West VIS Composite
GEW-VISTOPO 10 GOES-East/West VIS/TOPO Composite
GEW-WV 9999 GOES-East/West H2O Composite
GLOBAL-IR 99999 Global Thermal IR composite images
GLOBAL-WV 99999 Global WV composite images
GW-39 9999 GOES-West 3.9 um short IR
GW-CO2 9999 GOES-West 13.3 um IR (CO2)
GW-IR 9999 GOES-West 10.7 um IR
GW-IRTOPO 10 GOES-West IR/TOPO Composite
GW-VIS 9999 GOES-West 0.62 um Visible
GW-VISTOPO 10 GOES-West VIS/TOPO Composite
GW-WV 9999 GOES-West 6.5 um IR (Water Vapor)
MDR 9999 Manually Digitized Radar
MDRTOPO 10 MDR/TOPO Composite
MOLL-IR 9999 Global Mollweide IR Composite
MOLL-IRTOPO 10 Mollweide IR/TOPO Composite
MOLL-WV 9999 Global Mollweide WV Composite
DSINFO -- done
IMGLIST RTIMAGES/GLOBAL-IR
Image file directory listing for:RTIMAGES/GLOBAL-IR
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Band(s)
sensor Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------
96 G-13 IMG 16 SEP 16260 12:00:00 0 0 4
IMGLIST: done
IMGLIST RTIMAGES/GLOBAL-WV
Image file directory listing for:RTIMAGES/GLOBAL-WV
Pos Satellite/ Date Time Center Band(s)
sensor Lat Lon
--- ------------- ------------ -------- ---- ---- ------------
96 G-13 IMG 16 SEP 16260 12:00:00 0 0 3
IMGLIST: done
The only downsides of these images are that they are only available
every three hours, and they have lower resolution than many users would
like. At the same time, however, they are very useful for creating
fantastic displays especially in the IDV where one can load them in the
globe display.
re:
> Thanks for
> any help you can provide. As always good work on the programs they help a
> lot with my studies.
No worries, and the best of luck with your studies!
Cheers,
Tom
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