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CONDUIT file names

NCEP file names for RUC
  • GRIB2
    data/nccf/com/ruc/prod/ruc2a.YYYYMMDD/ruc2.tHHz.(pgrb|sgrbf|bgrb)20FFF.grib2 !grib2/ncep/model/#000/YYYYMMDDHHNNFfff/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
        
    
    GRIB2 Note: "model date" and "forecast hour" fields are not separated by "/"

    LDM patterns for selected processing

    # File Using original NCEP/NWS file names
    
    CONDUIT	   ^data/nccf/com/(.*) !(.*)!
    	 FILE	data/conduit/\1
    
    
    #
    # pipe grib2 RUC products to decoder
    CONDUIT	prod/ruc2a.*grib2
    	PIPE	decoder