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Hi Elmer, re: > I am trying to pull radar data from all of the stations using the > NNEXRAD feedtype from NOAAPORT. Are you doing this with your own NOAAPORT reception system, or are you doing this by requesting the data from an IDD node? Just curious... > I would like each station to go into > its own directory for later processing but can't figure out how to set > up the pqact entry. Is there a way to do this other than using McIDASX > & XCD? Yes, this is an easy thing to do using the LDM. The general pqact.conf pattern we use for processing NEXRAD Level III data is: ######################################################################### # # NNEXRAD section # ######################################################################### # #### NEXRAD Level III radar products # # FILE everything NNEXRAD ^SDUS[2357]. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/p(...)(...) FILE -close data/nexrad/NIDS/\5/\4/\4_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2\3 This will create a hierarchical directory structure that looks like: <as 'ldm'> cd ~ldm ls data/nexrad/NIDS ABC AMX BMX CLX DMX ESX FTG GWX HWA JGX LTX MOB NQA RAX SRX VBX ABR APD BOX CRP DOX EVX FWS GYX ICT JKL LVX MPX OAX RGX TBW VNX ABX APX BRO CXX DTX EWX GGW HDX ICX JUA LWX MQT OHX RIW TFX VTX ACG ARX BUF CYS DVN EYX GJX HGX ILN LBB LZK MRX OKX RLX TLH VWX AEC ATX BYX DAX DYX FCX GLD HKI ILX LCH MAF MSX OTX RTX TLX YUX AHG BBX CAE DDC EAX FDR GRB HKM IND LIX MAX MTX PAH SFX TWX AIH BGM CBW DFX EMX FDX GRK HMO INX LNX MBX MUX PBZ SGF TYX AKC BHX CBX DGX ENX FFC GRR HNX IWA LOT MHX MVX PDT SHV UDX AKQ BIS CCX DIX EOX FSD GSP HPX IWX LRX MKX MXX POE SJT UEX AMA BLX CLE DLH EPZ FSX GUA HTX JAX LSX MLB NKX PUX SOX VAX ls data/nexrad/NIDS/FTG N0R N0V N1P N1S N2R N3R NCR NMD NVL N0S N0Z N1R N1V N2S N3S NET NTP NVW ls data/nexrad/NIDS/FTG/N0R N0R_20070829_0545 N0R_20070829_0718 N0R_20070829_0940 N0R_20070829_1214 N0R_20070829_0549 N0R_20070829_0722 N0R_20070829_0950 N0R_20070829_1220 N0R_20070829_0554 N0R_20070829_0726 N0R_20070829_0956 N0R_20070829_1226 N0R_20070829_0558 N0R_20070829_0730 N0R_20070829_1005 N0R_20070829_1231 N0R_20070829_0602 N0R_20070829_0734 N0R_20070829_1015 N0R_20070829_1237 N0R_20070829_0606 N0R_20070829_0739 N0R_20070829_1025 N0R_20070829_1243 N0R_20070829_0610 N0R_20070829_0743 N0R_20070829_1034 N0R_20070829_1249 N0R_20070829_0615 N0R_20070829_0747 N0R_20070829_1044 N0R_20070829_1254 N0R_20070829_0619 N0R_20070829_0751 N0R_20070829_1054 N0R_20070829_1300 N0R_20070829_0623 N0R_20070829_0756 N0R_20070829_1059 N0R_20070829_1306 N0R_20070829_0627 N0R_20070829_0801 N0R_20070829_1105 N0R_20070829_1312 N0R_20070829_0631 N0R_20070829_0805 N0R_20070829_1111 N0R_20070829_1317 N0R_20070829_0635 N0R_20070829_0809 N0R_20070829_1117 N0R_20070829_1323 N0R_20070829_0640 N0R_20070829_0813 N0R_20070829_1122 N0R_20070829_1329 N0R_20070829_0644 N0R_20070829_0823 N0R_20070829_1128 N0R_20070829_1335 N0R_20070829_0648 N0R_20070829_0833 N0R_20070829_1134 N0R_20070829_1341 N0R_20070829_0652 N0R_20070829_0842 N0R_20070829_1140 N0R_20070829_1346 N0R_20070829_0657 N0R_20070829_0852 N0R_20070829_1145 N0R_20070829_1352 N0R_20070829_0701 N0R_20070829_0902 N0R_20070829_1151 N0R_20070829_1358 N0R_20070829_0705 N0R_20070829_0911 N0R_20070829_1157 N0R_20070829_0709 N0R_20070829_0921 N0R_20070829_1203 N0R_20070829_0713 N0R_20070829_0931 N0R_20070829_1208 If you want only the base reflectivity products filed, then you can change the pqact.conf pattern to look like: # FILE base reflectivities for all stations (N0R) NNEXRAD ^SDUS[2357]. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/p(...)(N0R) FILE -close data/nexrad/NIDS/\5/\4/\4_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2\3 NOTEs: - pqact.conf patterns require tabs as whitespace in several places. If you use spaces instead of tabs in those locations, your pattern will not work. The pattern listed immediately above is read: NNEXRAD<tab>^SDUS[2357]. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/p(...)(N0R) <tab>FILE<tab>-close<tab>data/nexrad/NIDS/\5/\4/\4_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2\3 - again, if you only want to FILE the N0R products, you might want to eliminate the product type part of the hierarchical storage. One way to do this would be to use the following pattern: # FILE base reflectivities for all stations (N0R) NNEXRAD ^SDUS[2357]. .... ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9])([0-6][0-9]).*/p(...)(N0R) FILE -close data/nexrad/NIDS/\5/\4_(\1:yyyy)(\1:mm)\1_\2\3 - it is your responsibility to control the number of data products you keep on disk; the LDM does NOT do the data scouring for you. If you want to keep days of NEXRAD Level III data, you can use the LDM's scour utility to do the data scouring. Please refer to the LDM HomePage for additional details. So, you see that it is very easy to save the data in the way that you want. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: FVG-157850 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed