1BUOY2NC(1)                     UNIDATA DECODERS                     BUOY2NC(1)
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NAME

6       buoy2nc - decodes Buoy reports and stores the reports in NetCDF format.
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SYNOPSIS

10       buoy2nc [-v] buoy.cdl [datadir]
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DESCRIPTION

13       This  perl script processes input from STDIN in the WMO format for Buoy
14       raw data files.  The output are files in  the  yyyymmddhh_buoy.nc  file
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REQUIREMENTS

19       0) perl5 Installed on the system.
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21       1) Latest version of netcdf-perl package is installed.
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23       2) Requires file buoy.cdl for the netcdf utility 'ncgen' to create
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26       3) The ncgen utility is needed, paths are util/ncgen,
27                 /usr/local/ldm/util/ncgen or ./ncgen
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29       -v     ie  'buoy2nc  -v buoy.cdl' will output the reports in plain text
30              in the buoyLog.<PID>.nc log file in the datadir, very verbose.
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34              The directory where the decoded files are stored, including  the
35              log  files and list of current processed reports. The default is
36              the current directory ".".
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EXAMPLES

41       Command line:
42              % buoy2nc buoy.cdl < 96040100_boy.wmo
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46              # Buoy perl decoder # buoy reports in yyyymmddhh_buoy.nc decoded
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49       DDS|IDS ^SS.... ....
50                                PIPE      /usr/local/ldm/decoders/buoy2nc
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SUPPORT

55       If  you  have problems with this program, then you should first examine
56       the decoders email archive for  similar  problems  and  how  they  were
57       solved.   The  email  archive is available via the following World Wide
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60              http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/decoders
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62       If this does not suffice and your site is a member of the Unidata  pro‐
63       gram,  then send an inquiry via email -- together will all relevant in‐
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