downloading from ftp

[eliav schmulewitz]

Hi
thank you
 what i want is slp and geopotential  height at 500 mb
eliav


On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Arlindo da Silva <arlindo.dasilva at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:24 AM, eliav schmulewitz <eliavs at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> does anybody know if grads can download from noaa ftp monthly data and how
>> i can script it?
>>
>
> GrADS does not do any ftp, you will need to transfer the files yourself,
> ahead of time. On many operating system you can setup a FTP file system in
> while you associate a local folder with a ftp address (Windows does by
> default, on Mac OS X install MacFUSE, on Linux install FUSE.) A FTP file
> system is not always to most efficient, but can be very convenient.
>
> Which NASA data in particular are you referring to? Some NASA data are also
> available through opendap, making ftp transfer not necessary.
>
>    Arlindo
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>
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