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>From: David Fitzgerald <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200106201818.f5KIIv109390 >Chiz, > >Now that we are getting FNEXRAD and NNEXRAD products, I'd like to create >either jpeg or gif images and post them to our web site. I know how to >create a gif image in garp "by hand" as it were, but how do I automate the >process in gempak? Or is McIDAS a better choice for this, and if so how do >I do it with that? > >Thanks!! > > >Dave > >************************************************************************** >David Fitzgerald Phone: 717-871-2394 >Distributed System Specialist Fax: 717-871-4725 >Millersville University E-mail: >address@hidden >Millersville, PA 17551 > David, To automate gif generation using GEMPAK, use GDPLOT2 to display the data using the "gf" or "gif" driver. These products are grids. So all GFUNC operations can be used with the data. Here is an example of the gdplot2 script creating the images at: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/unidata/images/nids/gdradr.html The reflectivity field is N0R, so that is the GDPFUN in the script below. I set up the NEXR and NEXF templates in the $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl file so that the location and file names are defined. Then, you only need to specify GDFILE as nexr or nexf and GDATTIM=last to get the most recent grid. The rest is pretty self explanatory if you have written any scripts to plot model grids etc. Let me know if you have questions. Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support #!/bin/csh -f # # Create national radar gif # # The "nexr" template used for gdfile is defined in the # $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl file. # # # Source the Gemenviron variables source /home/gempak/NAWIPS/Gemenviron # change to the working directory cd /tmp gdplot2 << EOF device = gif|radar_mosaic.gif|900;700 gdfile = nexr \$mapfil = hipowo.cia proj = lcc/25;-103;60 garea = 22.0;-122.0;47.0;-65.0 map = 1 clear = y gdattim = LAST text = 1/1/1 TITLE = 1/-1/~ Unidata 6km composite GDPFUN = n0r GLEVEL = 0 GVCORD = none TYPE = F FINT = 5;10;15;20;25;30;35;40;45;50;55;60;65;70;75 FLINE = 0;26-24;21-23;20;18;17;15-7 CLRBAR = 1|1/1/1 !CLRBAR = 1/V/LL/0.001;0.04/0.925;0.0125/1 PANEL = 0 SKIP = 0 SCALE = 0 CONTUR = 0 HILO = LATLON = 0 STNPLT = SATFIL = RADFIL = LUTFIL = STREAM = POSN = 0 COLORS = 1 MARKER = 0 GRDLBL = 0 FILTER = YES r e EOF gpend