Plotting satellite data with GrADS seems to be a reoccurring question. <br><br>GrADS can handle the contour levels used to generate the satellite imagery as seen <br>
in the attached NAM simulated GOES 12 channel 3 brightness temperatures.<br><br>Is there a way to convert the gini format to grib2 or netcdf so the data can be plotted <br>in GrADS or is it possible to add support for this file format in a future release?<br>
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-Chris<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Meredith Croke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcroke@airdat.com">mcroke@airdat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I have tried IDV, however I want to automate the process-which I don’t think IDV can do. Basically I want to generate a satellite image with a clear background,
so it can be overlaid on my own basemap.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Meredith<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org" target="_blank">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>hersala<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 04, 2012 10:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Plotting Satellite Data<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Meredith,<br>
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Have you tried with IDV ?<br>
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<a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/" target="_blank">http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/</a><br>
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<i>"Directly reads netCDF, Vis5D, McIDAS AREA and map (OUTL*) files, NEXRAD Level II and III radar data, ESRI Shapefiles, and Arc/Info ASCIIGRID files. Provides access to other data formats (e.g., GINI, NEXRAD Level III, HDF) through the Abstract Data Distribution
Environment (ADDE) and OPeNDAP/DODS protocols".<br>
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Best regards<br>
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Hernán<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 4 April 2012 11:26, Jeff Lake <<a href="mailto:admin@michiganwxsystem.com" target="_blank">admin@michiganwxsystem.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I don't think GrADS can plot the Satellite data...<br>
gini is a completely different format from GRIB<br>
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<pre>-Jeff Lake<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>MichiganWxSystem.com<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>WeatherMichigan.net<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>TheWeatherCenter.net<u></u><u></u></pre>
<pre>GRLevelXStuff.com<u></u><u></u></pre>
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On 4/4/2012 9:46 AM, Meredith Croke wrote: <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know if I use GrADS to plot the satellite data available here:
<span style="color:#1f497d"><a href="ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/images/satellite/" target="_blank">ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/images/satellite/</a> If not is there another FTP site real-time satellite data can be downloaded and
easily plotted?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Meredith</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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