Re: Question regarding NCAR and use to generate NEXRAD data

Hi Mary,

The folks at NOAA provided information. It's actually on the same page where I
found their Java code.

As they said:

See http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/radar/jnx/, look for documentation links on
the left hand menu.

They have documentation in (.PDF and .DOC) formats explaining the file format
in great detail.

I hope this helps anyone else. I have a lot of reading to do ;-)

Thanks,
Shawn.

On April 4, 2007 01:49:23 pm Mary Haley wrote:
> Dear Shawn,
>
> We just had a question on this not too long ago.
>
> The problem is that NEXRAD is a format unfamiliar to us, and I haven't
> seen much information on how to read these files other than there is
> other software available for doing this.
>
> Can anybody with NEXRAD knowledge chime in and let us know if there's
> a good description of this data format, and/or if there are any
> Fortran or C programs available for reading these files?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Mary
>
> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Shawn Starr wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to know how one can read the NEXRAD data formats, both radar
> > and storm attributes. I am working on a Open Source KDE C++ application
> > and would like to import generated NEXEAD data (Levels II and III and
> > RCM)
> >
> > As I am new to the radar formats. Can NCAR generate imagery instead of
> > me having to figure out the file format(s)?
> >
> > I found the NOAA produces a Java program to process the all the data into
> > overlays.
> >
> > I appreciate any help or pointers.
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Shawn Starr.
> >
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Received on Sat Apr 21 2007 - 00:34:26 MDT