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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Oooooh, an ensemble dimension. That would really simplify some of my operational scripts!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael Sestak</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Jennifer Adams<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 11/29/2007 17:06<BR><B>To:</B> GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Alternatives to cnvgrib for GRADS<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I am working very hard on getting GrADS 2.0 (with the grib2 interface, a fifth grid dimension for ensembles, and other significant changes) ready for alpha testing. It is close, but I'm sorry I cannot commit to a release date just yet.
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<DIV>On Nov 29, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Brian Gaze wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Yes I read that a new version of GRADS will support GRIB2, but I have also</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">read (I think) that it will not be ready before January 28th when NOAA drop</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">GRIB1.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">From: "Dave Novak" <<A href="mailto:novak@ACCUWX.COM" target=_blank>novak@ACCUWX.COM</A>></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To: <<A href="mailto:GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT" target=_blank>GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</A>></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 10:25 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Subject: Re: Alternatives to cnvgrib for GRADS</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:57:04 -0000, Brian Gaze <<A href="mailto:brian.gaze@NTLWORLD.COM" target=_blank>brian.gaze@NTLWORLD.COM</A>></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">As compiling cnvgrib on Windows looks like a challenging task, are there</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">any other options (or will there be before January 28th 2008) available</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Jennifer Adams has made posts in the past there there is a version of</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">GrADS (or an update to gribmap) in the works which will read GRIB2 data.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">One issue we have dealt with is the fact that many national met centers</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">who produce model data may not or will not switch to GRIB2 format so we</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">have prepared for both GRIB1 and GRIB2.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>
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