downloading from ftp

[Arlindo da Silva]

Ellav,
  One more thing. If you have the OpenGrADS Bundle distribution, just type
"merra" for a GUI for dealing with MERRA data over opendap. This is
described in a recipe as well.

   Arlindo


On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Arlindo da Silva <arlindo.dasilva at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM, eliav schmulewitz <eliavs at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> thank you
>>  what i want is slp and geopotential  height at 500 mb
>>
>
> These are available with NASA's MERRA reanalysis. There several recipes
> about MERRA in the cookbooks:
>
>
> http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Table_of_Contents#NASA.2FGSFC_MERRA
>
>     Arlindo
>
>
>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Arlindo da Silva
> dasilva at alum.mit.edu
>



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