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20030107:Howard MCIDAS/LDM



Pavel, 


On 7 Jan 2003, Pavel Byles wrote:

> Yes, I would like the entries for McIDAS
> Are you saying that I can use GEMPAK to do everything that McIDAS does?
Yes, that is a slight over-simplification, but you can view model output,
sat and rad imagery via both software packages, there are subtle
differences in capabilities, and MCIDAS is used for ADDE access to
datasets, but re the LDM, both are quite similiar. Preference is user
decided, we have found that strong sat research folks tend to prefer
MCIDAS for some of its capabilities, but your choice....

I know of no feed that could only be viewed via MCIDAS..

MCIDAS ENTRIES:

# McIDAS Product Codes and System Key Table entries used for Menu System
#-------+--------+------------------------------------+---------------------
# Code     Type    Description                         SYSKEY.TAB words
used
#-------+--------+------------------------------------+---------------------
#  CA      AREA    CIMSS Cloud Top Pressure                2173 2174 2175
#  CB      AREA    CIMSS Precipitable Water                2176 2177 2178
#  CC      AREA    CIMSS Sea Surface Temperature           2179 2180 2181
#  CD      AREA    CIMSS Lifted Index                      2182 2183 2184
#  CE      AREA    CIMSS CAPE                              2185 2186 2187
#  CF      AREA    CIMSS Ozone                             2188 2189 2190
#  CI      AREA    GOES-8/9 Infrared Composite             2161 2162 2163
#  CV      AREA    GOES-8/9 Visible Composite              2164 2165 2166
#  CW      AREA    GOES-8/9 Water Vapor Composite          2167 2168 2169
#  N1      AREA    GOES-8 IR/Topography Composite          2125 2126 2127
#  N2      AREA    GOES-8 VIS/Topography Composite         2128 2129 2130
#  N3      AREA    GOES-9 IR/Topography Composite          2131 2132 2133
#  N4      AREA    GOES-9 VIS/Topography Composite         2134 2135 2136
#  N5      AREA    MDR/Topography Composite                2137 2138 2139
#  N6      AREA    Mollweide/Topography Composite          2140 2141 2142
#  N7      AREA    GOES-8/9 IR/Topography Composite        2155 2156 2157
#  N8      AREA    GOES-8/9 VIS/Topography Composite       2158 2159 2160
#  UA      AREA    Educational floater I                   2101 2102 2103
#  UB      AREA    GOES-9 Western US Water Vapor           2104 2105 2106
#  UC      AREA    Educational floater II                  2170 2171 2172
#  UI      AREA    GOES-8 North America Infrared           2143 2144 2145
#  UR      AREA    Research floater                        2107 2108 2109
#  UV      AREA    GOES-8 North America Visible            2146 2147 2148
#  UW      AREA    GOES-8 North America Water Vapor        2149 2150 2151
#  UX      AREA    Global Mollweide Infrared Composite     2122 2123 2124
#  UY      AREA    Global Mollweide Water Vapor Composite  2152 2153 2154
#  U1      AREA    Antarctic composite                     2119 2120 2121
#  U3      AREA    Manually Digitized Radar                2110 2111 2112
#  U5      AREA    GOES-9 Western US Infrared              2113 2114 2115
#  U9      AREA    GOES-9 Western US Visible               2116 2117 2118

# CIMSS Cloud Top Pressure
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CA) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/CTP -r \1,\2

# CIMSS Precipitable Water
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CB) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/PW -r \1,\2

# CIMSS Sea Surface Temperature
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CC) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/SST -r \1,\2
# CIMSS Lifted Index
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CD) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/LI -r \1,\2

# CIMSS CAPE
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CE) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/CAPE -r \1,\2

# CIMSS OZONE
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (CF) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/CIMSS/OZONE -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES EDFLOATER-II
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UC) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/EDFLOATER-II -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES MOLL-IR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UX) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/MOLL-IR -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES MOLL-WV
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UY) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/MOLL-WV -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES GW-VIS
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (U9) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GW-VIS -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES GW-IR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (U5) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GW-IR -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES GE-VIS
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UV) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GE-VIS -r \1,\2
# RTIMAGES GE-IR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UI) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GE-IR -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES EDFLOATER-I
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UA) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/EDFLOATER-I -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES GW-WV
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UB) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GW-WV -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES RESFLOATER
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UR) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/EDFLOATER-I -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES ANTARCTIC
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (U1) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/ANTARCTIC -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES MDR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (U3) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/MDR -r \1,\2

# RTIMAGES GE-WV
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q. (UW) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/RTIMAGES/GE-WV -r \1,\2

##################
# CIMSS Products decoded into AREA files using McIDAS routing table
# pnga2area Q0 CF 0015 GOES-10_SND UNKBAND 1km 20000525 2000
#MCIDAS ^pnga2area Q. (U.) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
#       PIPE    -close
#       util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
#       -d /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas -r \1,\2

# UW products except Mollweide IR and WV and Antarctic composite and
floaters
# decoded into GEMPAK directory/name hierarchy
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (U[^ACXY13]) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*)um (.*) (........)
(....)
PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/\3/\5/\4/\4_\6_\7

# Educational Floater-I
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (UA) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*)um (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/\3_fl1/\5/\4/\4_\6_\7

# Educational Floater-II
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (UC) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*)um (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/\3_fl2/\5/\4/\4_\6_\7

# Mollweide Global IR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (UX) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*)um (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/MOLL-IR/56km/\4/\4_\6_\7

# Mollweide Global Water Vapor
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (UY) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*)um (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/MOLL-WV/56km/\4/\4_\6_\7

# Antarctic Composite IR
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (U1) (.*) (.*)_IMG (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/ANTARCTIC/\5/10.7/10.7_\6_\7

# Manually Digitized Radar
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q1 (U3) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/MDR/\5/MDR/MDR_\6_\7

# CIMSS Cloud Top Pressure - McIDAS product code CA
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CA .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/CTP/CTP_\4_\5

# CIMSS Total Column Precipitable Water - McIDAS product code CB
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CB .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/PW/PW_\4_\5

# CIMSS Sea Surface Temperature - McIDAS product code CC
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CC .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/SST/SST_\4_\5

# CIMSS Lifted Index - McIDAS product code CD
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CD .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/LI/LI_\4_\5

# CIMSS CAPE - McIDAS product code CE
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CE .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/CAPE/CAPE_\4_\5

# CIMSS Ozone - McIDAS product code CF
MCIDAS  ^pnga2area Q0 CF .... (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/gempak/areas/SOUNDER/\3/OZONE/OZONE_\4_\5

# NEXRCOMP 6 km National BREF mosaic
FNEXRAD ^pnga2area Q5 (RL) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/NEXRCOMP/6KN0R-NAT/\4_\6_\7

# NEXRCOMP 1 km Regional BREF mosaic
FNEXRAD ^pnga2area Q5 (RO) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/NEXRCOMP/1KN0R-FLT/\4_\6_\7

# NEXRCOMP 10 km National RCM mosaic
FNEXRAD ^pnga2area Q5 (RN) (.*) (.*) (.*) (.*) (........) (....)
        PIPE    -close
        util/pnga2area -vl /usr/local/ldm/logs/ldm-mcidas.log
        /data/ldm/pub/decoded/mcidas/NEXRCOMP/10KRCM-NAT/\4_\6_\7

# McIDAS XCD decoding
DDPLUS|IDS      ^.*     PIPE
        xcd_run DDS
HRS     ^.*     PIPE
        xcd_run HRS

# 1 km Regional N0R Composite - Creates PNG-compressed AREA for FNEXRAD
feed
FNEXRAD ^radar_mosaic_regional_(...)
        PIPE    -close
        util/mcgribdec \1 /data/ldm/pub/raw/nexrcomp/radar_regional.grib
6100

# 6 km National N0R Composite - Creates PNG-compressed AREA for FNEXRAD
feed
FNEXRAD ^radar_mosaic_national
        PIPE    -close
        util/mcgribdec NAT /data/ldm/pub/raw/nexrcomp/radar_national.grib
6200

# 10 km National RCM Composite - Creates PNG-compressed AREA for FNEXRAD
feed
HRS     ^HAXA00 K...
        PIPE    -close
        util/mcgribdec RCM
/data/ldm/pub/raw/nexrcomp/radar_national_rcm.grib


Keep in mind that you should be using tabs not spaces to seperate commands
in pqact.conf...


Jeff Weber
Unidata Support


> Or are there some feeds of data that I would need McIDAS for?
> 
> Pavel
> 
> On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 12:41, Jeff Weber wrote:
> > Hi Pavel, 
> > 
> > I have you feeding from:
> > snow.nrcc.cornell.edu
> > 
> > with a contact of:
> > Mark W Wysocki
> > 
> > address@hidden
> > 
> > or Bill Noon
> > 
> > address@hidden
> > 
> > You will need to contact them to change your allow line, however I thought
> > we had an "allow UNIDATA" already..you may want to confirm with Cornell.
> > 
> > NGRID is not currently being used.
> > 
> > MCIDAS must be installed, it does not come with the LDM.
> > 
> > You can use MCIDAS, GEMPAK, or whatever software you desire for viewing
> > the model ouput..I personally use GEMPAK.
> > 
> > Which pqact.conf entries are you looking for..just the models for MCIDAS?
> > 
> > Let me know and I will send..
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > -Jeff
> > ____________________________                  _____________________
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> > ________________________________________      ______________________
> > 
> > On 6 Jan 2003, Pavel Byles wrote:
> > 
> > >  Thanx Jeff.
> > >  Was trying to run exceed with the Gempak progs. Got it working.
> > >  
> > >  More Questions:
> > >  I would like to recieve the following packages:
> > >  NGRID    (Is this handled via MCIDAS?)
> > >  UNIDATA    "   "      "     "    "
> > >  And any other model data.
> > >  
> > >  Can you place an allow for Howard for that feed, please?
> > >  
> > >  I looked for the MCIDAS entries for pqact.conf and there were
> > >  approximately
> > >  4 different types. How do I know what to use for each product?
> > >  
> > >  Could you send me a sample one to get the UNIDATA feed.
> > >  
> > >  There is an ldm-mcidas dir does that mean I have MCIDAS? Or do I now
> > >  have to
> > >  install that also. I think I do.
> > >  
> > >  Pavel
> > > 
> > > 
> 
> 
>