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Gateway File name format



SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.ensg_CY.HH/RD.YYYYMMDD/PT.grid_DF.gr1/fh.ffff_tl.press_gr.gridid !grib/ncep/MRF/#003/YYYYMMDDHHNN/F003/parm/level! ######
                                             ^                                          ^    ^     ^    ^        ^        ^    ^     ^      ^
                                             |                                          |    |     |    |        |        |    |     |      |
                                             |                                          |    |     |    |    model date   |  grid    |  grid number
                                          data file name                                | issuing  |  grid                |parameter |  in original
                                          on file server                                |  center  | number               |          |  data file
                                                                                        |          |                   forecast      |
                                                                                    data type   model id                 hour    grid level




Grids on Grid #002, Global 2.5x2.5 degree, gridid = xxxx
Grids on Grid #003, Global 1x1 degree, gridid = xxxxhr (highres)

New: NCEP ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov GRIB2 File name format

data/nccf/com/gens/prod/gefs.YYYYMMDD/HH/pgrb2a/gemember.tHHz.pgrb2affhour !grib2/ncep/model/#000/YYYYMMDDHHNNFfff/parm/level! ######

LDM patterns for selected processing

# File GRIB2 using original NWS/NCEP file names
CONDUIT	^data/nccf/com/(.*) !(.*)!
	FILE	data/conduit/\1
#
# Generic Pipe all GENS to decoder, decode to individual files (note new NCEP file NAMES)
CONDUIT	prod/gefs\.(........)/(..)/pgrb2a/(ge.*)\.t..z\.pgrb2af(.*) !(.*)!
        PIPE    decoder gefs/\3_\1\2f\4
#
# GRIB2 ensemble for GEMPAK
CONDUIT prod/gefs\.(........)/(..)/pgrb2a/(ge.*)\.t..z\.pgrb2af(.*) !(.*)!
        PIPE    decoders/dcgrib2 -d data/gempak/logs/dcgrib2_CONDUITens.log
        -e GEMTBL=/home/gempak/NAWIPS/gempak/tables
        data/gempak/model/ens/\3_YYYYMMDDHHfFFF.gem