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20030513: rawinsonde CD-Rom

Claudia,

If you output the data in FAA604 format, like:
DENMANDEN
72469 TTAA  63001 72469 99844 17022 25001 00138 ///// ///// 
92820 ///// ///// 85547 ///// ///// 70192 11860 12503 50591 
08137 25506 40761 18763 24009 30969 33942 21513 25094 437// 
20011 20240 553// 20012 15419 611// 22012 88177 615// 20017 
77175 ///// 20017 
DENSGLDEN
72469 TTBB  6300/ 72469 00844 17022 11841 17237 22763 12830 
33730 13660 44623 04850 55588 02858 66523 05725 77487 09738 
88475 10913 99439 14340 11432 14761 22422 15364 33373 23760 
44343 29339 55309 32340 66267 39945 77138 603// 88120 671// 
99102 685// 31313 011// 2312/=
PPBB  63000 72469 90078 25001 16503 15003 909// 13504 91023 
12003 14502 18502 91467 24504 26505 27004 92015 25007 24008 
24009 93045 23013 20011 20011 94038 20011 20017 22508 950// 
23006 


Then, you need to wrap the bulletins with the AFOS bulletin 
separators ZCZC and NNNN in order for dcuair to find the
start and end of the bulletins, like:


<-------FILE AG139300.DEN------->
ZCZC
DENMANDEN
72469 TTAA  63001 72469 99844 17022 25001 00138 ///// ///// 
92820 ///// ///// 85547 ///// ///// 70192 11860 12503 50591 
08137 25506 40761 18763 24009 30969 33942 21513 25094 437// 
20011 20240 553// 20012 15419 611// 22012 88177 615// 20017 
77175 ///// 20017 
NNNN

ZCZC
DENSGLDEN
72469 TTBB  6300/ 72469 00844 17022 11841 17237 22763 12830 
33730 13660 44623 04850 55588 02858 66523 05725 77487 09738 
88475 10913 99439 14340 11432 14761 22422 15364 33373 23760 
44343 29339 55309 32340 66267 39945 77138 603// 88120 671// 
99102 685// 31313 011// 2312/=
PPBB  63000 72469 90078 25001 16503 15003 909// 13504 91023 
12003 14502 18502 91467 24504 26505 27004 92015 25007 24008 
24009 93045 23013 20011 20011 94038 20011 20017 22508 950// 
23006 
NNNN


% cat AG139300.DEN | dcuair -c 930813/0000 -d - -v 4 YYYYMMDDHH.gem
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 3]  Starting up. Version 5.6.k
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 2]  read 770/102399 bytes strt 0 newstrt 770
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 2]  read 0/101630 bytes strt 770 newstrt 770
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC -9]  End of input data file.
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 5]  Normal termination.
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 2]  Number of bulletins read and processed: 2
[17443749] 030527/1056 [DC 6]  Shutting down.


The programs I wrote to process the data from the FSL output
format just save the step of wrapping the data with bulletin
delimeters since the program will create its own GEMPAK files. 
You also will need to use the -c option to dcuair (and possibly 
-b depending on the time range of data you wish to process).

Using the ZCZC and NNNN delimeters is a convenient way of
processing any data where the original control characters are stripped out
of the archive.

Steve Chiswell





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>we are working on a ten-year climatology for the central US using NCDC =
>rawinsonde CD data.  A few years ago, for a similar project, we used =
>getraob to extract the data in FAA604 format and then snrawd to get the =
>data into gempak sounding files.  I have found some reference in the =
>archives to a program that Steve Chiswell wrote some time ago to bring =
>rawinsonde data in FSL format into gempak using snedit.  Is this still =
>the recommended way to get large numbers of rawinsonde observations into =
>gempak or has dcuair been modified to allow for direct import of =
>archived data without the headers?
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>Thanks in advance for your help.
>Claudia
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>snrawd to=20
>get the data into gempak sounding files.&nbsp; I have found some =
>reference in=20
>the archives to a program that Steve Chiswell wrote some time ago to =
>bring=20
>rawinsonde data in FSL format into gempak using snedit.&nbsp; Is this =
>still the=20
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>gempak or=20
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>we are working on a 10-year climatology using the NCDC rawinsonde =
>CD-ROM.  A few years ago, we used getraob and then snrawd to import the =
>data into Gempak.  I understand that with dcuair you need to add control =
>characters before and after the observation.  I have also found a =
>reference to Steve Chiswell's software for converting radiosonde data in =
>fsl format using snedit.  Is this software still the recommended way to =
>import large numbers of soundings into Gempak or is there a different =
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>snrawd=20
>to import the data into Gempak.&nbsp; I understand that with dcuair you =
>need to=20
>add control characters before and after the observation.&nbsp; I have =
>also found=20
>a reference to Steve Chiswell's software for converting radiosonde data =
>in fsl=20
>format using snedit.&nbsp; Is this software still the recommended way to =
>import=20
>large numbers of soundings into Gempak or is there a different way=20
>now?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for your help.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Claudia </FONT></DIV>
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