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Re: Netcdf-Java guidance needed
- To: David Leserman <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: Netcdf-Java guidance needed
- From: John Caron <caron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:11:52 -0600
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Hi David:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/examples/programs/
has some complete programs that should be helpful.
David Leserman wrote:
> Hi, John.
>
> Browsing the http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/, I see
> that you've written a lot of the documentation and that you're the
> THREDDS, NetCDF-Java expert at Unidata, so I pose my query to you.
>
> I find extensive documentation for the details of NetCDF-Java on the web
> site. What I can't find is any example of a complete Java program that
> would be used to access some data. I believe that with one or two
> examples, I could complete my task (described below). Can you direct me
> to such an example? If you're not the person to ask, can you suggest
> someone else?
>
> I'm an individual attempting to use MADIS datasets to glean a few
> parameter values for a single station, KBJC, for every hour for 3+
> years. I'm looking for the METAR values for SKYCVLB (sky cover layer
> base), DD (wind direction), FF (wind speed), FFGUST (wind gust), VIS
> (visibility), PCP1H (accumulated precip - 1h), and PCPRATE
> (precipitation rate).
we dont yet have the MADIS data being served through a THREDDS Data Server. We are working on that and will keep you informed. You might look at our experimental METAR server at
http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/ncss/metars/dataset.html
this service will be up and down, but any feedback would be appreciated.
good luck!
>
> I use a Mac, I did some Java programming 10 years ago, and I did some
> consulting for Dave Fulker at Unidata about 15 years ago, so Netcdf-Java
> is an approach that appeals to me. I've already downloaded 0.25 TB of
> MADIS files from pftp.madis-fsl.org. (It would have been better to glean
> the little bit of data I needed via a server, but I was ignorant, and
> now I have the data here, so I might as well use it.)
>
> Thanks very much for whatever guidance and or pointers you can provide.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Leserman
> 303.931.2475
