Re: ceiling data

• To: Kevin Petty <kpetty@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: ceiling data
• From: Robb Kambic <rkambic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 14:55:32 -0600 (MDT)

Kevin,

I wrote the metar2nc decoder over 5 years ago, can't say that I know the
details about variables now. But here's URL to the metar handbook:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/oso1/oso12/fmh1/fmh1toc.htm

Look at section 9 for your answers.  Also if you find any discrepanies
between the handbook and the code, I would like to know.

Thanks,
Robb...



On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Kevin Petty wrote:

I am interested in ceiling and visibility data and I am
using the metar2nc decoders to create netCDF files.
When I do a ncdump on the netCDF files I see very few
values for the ceiling variable. I notice that
there is a cloud_hgt variable...should I be looking
at this variable instead? What is the difference between
these two variables in the netCDF files.

Thanks,


Kevin Petty

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