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Re: noaaport header information (fwd)


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:44:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeff Masters <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: noaaport header information

   Peter, such a product would be great! We put that on our wish list at
the UNIDATA ATAC meeting three years ago as something the community would
like to see. 
  
 What has to happen is the NWS has to be convinced to help put something
like this together. I believe UNIDATA did present them with a request to
do this after the ATAC meeting 3 years ago, but I don't believe anything
has come of this.

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 On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Peter Neilley wrote:

> Jeff et al:
> 
> The site you reference only lists the headers as far as I know.  What John was
> looking for, I believe,
> is not only the headers, but a description of what is contained under each 
> header.
> Frankly, I don't think what John is looking for exists.  The NOAAPORT pages 
> that an
> earlier
> poster mentioned, refer to the Appendix K documents (Word Perfect 
> Spreadsheets with
> data
> content information).  However, it really requires alot of extra work and
> cross-referencing to relate that info in those 20-or-so Spreadsheets to get
> after what John (and so many others) really want to know.
> 
> In my opinion, the ideal document would be an alphabetical listing of 
> NOAAPORT/WMO
> headers, each with a one-or-two sentence  description of the content expected 
> to be
> found under that
> header.   It would probably be sufficient to have the listing broken down 
> only by
> the
> first 6 chars (e.g. by the SAUS80 part) and if there are sufficient 
> differences in
> the
> content by the rest of the header (e.g. if SAUS80 KWBC is significantly 
> different
> than SAUS80 KABC)
> then the description could point this out.
> 
> The one thing that comes closest to this is the Alden FOS catalog:
> 
>     http://www.alden.com/foscat.txt
> 
> but it was first published ~ 10 years ago, and it has not been kept up to 
> date.  An
> up-to-date
> version of that would be almost the ideal document.
> 
> If anyone knows of an up-to-date such document be sure to let John, me and 
> the rest
> of the community know.
> 
> Peter Neilley, NCAR/RAP
> address@hidden
> 303-497-8446
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Jeff Masters wrote:
> 
> > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/dir_subset.shtml#ncf
> >
> > has the list of all products.
> >
> > Jeff
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> > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Michael Voss wrote:
> >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > I'm not sure if the information is on the NOAAPORT page, if not it should 
> > > be:
> > >
> > > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/noaaport.shtml
> > >
> > > or in the reference section:
> > >
> > > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/noaaport/html/refs.shtml
> > >
> > > Hope that helps,
> > >
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > At 03:36 PM 2/28/00 -0700, John Snook wrote:
> > > >
> > > >Does anybody know of a web site, or some other source, that
> > > >contains a master list of possible noaaport (channel 1)
> > > >headers and their meanings.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >John Snook
> > > >Colorado Research Associates
> > > >address@hidden
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > --------------------------
> > > Mike Voss
> > > Department of Meteorology
> > > San Jose State University
> > > One Washington Square
> > > San Jose, CA 95192-0104
> > >
> > > 408.924.5204 voice
> > > 408.924.5191 fax
> > >
>