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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can you create a transparent background in GEMPAK like you can in Grads (-t option)?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Lake<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 04, 2012 2:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Plotting Satellite Data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You don't need LDM ...<br>
via scripting of GEMPAK you can wget the data to the correct directory tree<br>
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<pre>-Jeff Lake<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>MichiganWxSystem.com<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WeatherMichigan.net<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>TheWeatherCenter.net<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>GRLevelXStuff.com<o:p></o:p></pre>
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On 4/4/2012 1:17 PM, RafaelCB wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi,<br>
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<span class="hps"><span lang="EN">You can use the</span></span><span lang="EN"> <span class="hps">
GEMPAK</span> <span class="hps">software</span>, but <span class="hps">you must have the</span>
<span class="hps">LDM</span>.<br>
<span class="hps"><a href="http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/">http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/</a></span><br>
<span class="hps">Any questions</span> <span class="hps">I am available.</span><br>
<span class="hps">Sincerely,</span><br>
<span class="hps">Rafael</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2012/4/4 claudiomet <<a href="mailto:claudiomet@gmail.com">claudiomet@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi users!<br>
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And what kind of software (like grads, matlab, R, octave) can I use to plot this files and automate the plots ?<br>
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Greetings ! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2012/4/4 hersala <<a href="mailto:hersala@gmail.com" target="_blank">hersala@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 <o:p></o:p></p>
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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:<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>MichiganWxSystem.com<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>WeatherMichigan.net<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>TheWeatherCenter.net<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>GRLevelXStuff.com<o:p></o:p></pre>
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On 4/4/2012 9:46 AM, Meredith Croke wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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