1METAR2NC(1)                    UNIDATA DECODERS                    METAR2NC(1)
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NAME

6       metar2nc  - decodes METAR reports and stores the reports in NetCDF for‐
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SYNOPSIS

11       metar2nc [-v] metar.cdl [datadir] [yyyymm]
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DESCRIPTION

14       Translates the Aviation Routine Weather Reports( METARs ) and the Avia‐
15       tion  Selected  Special  Reports(  SPECIs  ) to the NetCDF format.  The
16       metar.cdl file that is included in this distribution contains  the  140
17       meteorological  variables  possible  in  the reports.  The user has the
18       ability to request only the variables that has interest  by  commenting
19       out the others.
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REQUIREMENTS

23       0) perl5 Installed on the system.
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25       1) Latest version of netcdf-perl package is installed.
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27       2) Requires file metar.cdl for the netcdf utility 'ncgen' to create
28                 template NetCDF file.
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30       3) The ncgen utility is needed, paths are util/ncgen,
31                 /usr/local/ldm/util/ncgen or ./ncgen
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33       4) The station data file sfmetar_sa.tbl, in etc/sfmetar_sa.tbl or
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OPTIONS

38       -v     ie 'metar2nc -v metar.cdl' will output the reports in plain text
39              in the metarLog.<process Id>.nc log file in  the  datadir,  very
40              verbose.
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43       datadir
44              The  directory where the decoded files are stored, including the
45              log files and list of current processed reports. The default  is
46              the current directory ".".
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49       yyyymm This  is  the  year and month of the reports, the default is the
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EXAMPLES

54       Command line:
55              % metar2nc metar.cdl < 96040100_upa.wmo
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58       pqact.conf:
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60       #      # metar2nc perl decoder for Aviation Reports #
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62       DDS|IDS ^S(A....|P....|XUS8.) .... ([0-3][0-9])
63                      PIPE    /usr/local/ldm/decoders/metar2nc
64                      etc/metar.cdl
65                      data/decoded
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SUPPORT

70       If you have problems with this program, then you should  first  examine
71       the  decoders  email  archive  for  similar  problems and how they were
72       solved.  The email archive is available via the  following  World  Wide
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75              http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/decoders
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77       If  this does not suffice and your site is a member of the Unidata pro‐
78       gram, then send an inquiry via email -- together will all relevant  in‐
79       formation -- to
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81              support@unidata.ucar.edu
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85Printed: 119.6.22                 1996-10-23                       METAR2NC(1)
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