Re: 20040205: netCDF Decoders - Sun OS - pgb.cdl file?

• To: Mark Emanuel <emanuelm@xxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: 20040205: netCDF Decoders - Sun OS - pgb.cdl file?
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:12:35 -0700 (MST)

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Unidata Support wrote:

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>To: support-decoders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>From: "Mark Emanuel" <emanuelm@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: netCDF Decoders - Sun OS - pgb.cdl file?
>Organization: St. Louis University
>Keywords: 200402050247.i152l1Qu025968 decoders gribtonc

Institution: St. Louis University Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Science
Package Version: 2.4x
Operating System: Sun OS
Hardware Information: unknown
Inquiry: Hi;
I'm trying to use the gribtonc conversion program to take pgb.xxx files and 
convert them to netCDF files for use in IDV.  Unfortunately, I am lacking a 
pgb.cdl file in my gribtonc directory.  I do have many others (eta, ngm, ruc, 
etc.), but pgb is not present.  Where can I get a copy of a pgb.cdl file, or 
could you send it to me?

Mark,

Unidata usually supplies cdl files for most of the real-time models, to
create a cdl for other data, ie pgb use the gribtocdl utility that is
included with the decoders package. The gribtocdl reads the raw grib files
and extracts the needed information about the model and variables. To run
gribtocdl, first concatenate some grib files that have all the variables
one wants in the netCDF file.  Then run gribtocdl on the concatenated
file, ie

% gribtocdl -v <raw grib file>

This outputs a cdl file, one can redirect it to a file, ie pgb.cdl
The pgb.cdl needs to be  fine tuned, edit the file to fill in the
placeholders, etc.  Then run gribtonc on the file to find any other
errors, ie

% gribtonc -v -l - pgb.cdl pgb.nc <  pgb.input

The decoders package has a man page on gribtocdl for extra help.

Robb...

Thanks for your time,
Mark Emanuel
Undergraduate Research Assistant
St. Louis University Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Science



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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
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