<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Stage IV data are in GRIB format. You can order them here: <a href="http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/dss/id=21.093">http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/dss/id=21.093</a><br><br></div>By NEXRAD III, do you mean Level-3 data? If so, you can use the Weather and Climate Toolkit for free from NCDC to process the data files into netCDF format. Grads can handle both GRIB and netCDF data.<br><br></div>Jeff<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Robinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ter@hawaii.edu" target="_blank">ter@hawaii.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Bimal,</div><div><br></div>I used Level II NEXRAD data and converted it to netcdf when I was trying to get radar data into GrADS. I don't think you can convert Level III data (at least not as easily/straightforward as you would be able to with Level II data). <div><br></div><div>-Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Bimal Gyawali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bml.gya@gmail.com" target="_blank">bml.gya@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Jeff,<div>Thanks for your response. I am supposed to work on NEXRAD III precipitation data. If stage IV has high quality I would like to use that. Both of them are on same format? Can I open them using GrADS? if you have used before please let me know how can I open using grads.</div><div>Thanks,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(46,117,182);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Bimal Gyawali</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(46,117,182);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br>
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<br></span><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Duda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeffduda319@gmail.com" target="_blank">jeffduda319@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Bimal,<br></div>I'm not sure to which specific dataset you are referring, but if you want high quality precipitation observations, I would suggest using Stage IV data.<br><br></div>Jeff Duda<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div><div>On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Bimal Gyawali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bml.gya@gmail.com" target="_blank">bml.gya@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><div>I would like to use NCDC NEXRAD hourly precipitation data. But I dont know if i can use this data in grads. Please help me if anyone have used this data before using grads. Also I would be thankful if anyone can tell how can convert it in grads format.</div><div>Thank you.<span><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><p><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(46,117,182);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">Bimal Gyawali</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:rgb(46,117,182);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br>
Graduate Research Assistant<br>
Department of Physical and Environment Science<br>
Natural Resources Centre<br>
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi<br>
Corpus Christi, TX 78412<br>
Tel: <a href="tel:435-881-3603" value="+14358813603" target="_blank">435-881-3603</a></span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></i></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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