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Hi Bill- > We are working with some German GRIB files and we are trying to work with > them in IDV. We've had success with working with GRIB data from MeteoFrance > with their GRIB data following the IDV instructions for installing new grib > tables > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/data/GribTables.html > > But we having trouble with the DWD/German Grib data... > From WGRIB the test file we were sent returns > > rec 1:8:date 2009070700 WW kpds5=99 kpds6=1 kpds7=0 levels=(0,0) grid=255 sfc > 132hr fcst: > WW=Wetter (verschluesselt nach ww-Tabelle > timerange 0 P1 132 P2 0 TimeU 1 nx 720 ny 361 GDS grid 0 num_in_ave 0 > missing 0 > center 78 subcenter 255 process 174 Table 203 scan: WE:NS winds(N/S) > latlon: lat 90.000000 to -90.000000 by 0.500000 nxny 259920 > long 0.000000 to -0.500000 by 0.500000, (720 x 361) scan 0 mode 128 bdsgrid 1 > min/max data 0 96 num bits 16 BDS_Ref 0 DecScale 0 BinScale -9 > > so we set the grib1lookuptable.lst file to read > > 78: 255: 1: /accounts/wcapehar/IDV/dwd_203.tab Try: 78: -1: 203: /accounts/wcapehar/IDV/dwd_203.tab If that doesn't work, please upload a sample file and the table to: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload and i'll take a look further. Don Murray > and the partial dwd_203.tab (which is a little weird, it looks like they're > trying to encode metars & sypoptic reports) is > > -1:78:-1:203 > 0:var0:undefined > 1:PRES:Pressure [Pa] > 2:GPTZ:Geopotential Height [dam] > 4:TMP:Temperature [C] > 5:DEWP:Dew Point Temperature [C] > 6:UUVV:Coded Winds by U V [(X*100000 + ((Y*10)+5000)) m s-1] > 7:DIST_K:Geometric Height [1000 ft] > 8:DIST_H:Geometric Height [100 ft] > 9:SPDDIR:Coded Winds by SPD DIR [(dd*1000 + ff) deg kt] > 10:PTEND:Pressure tendency [Pa/3hr] > 99:WW:Significant Weather [] > > Field 99 (Significant Weather) is the only data in the test file) > > When we run this through IDV, it calls it field 99 "snowmelt" in accordance > w/ the WMO table, as I understand it as if the file is not even being tapped. > > is there anything we have overlooked here? The (the "version" or > "subscenter" for example?) Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JZE-750046 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open