$Id: RELEASE-NOTES,v 1.37 2004/12/21 20:55:26 rkambic Exp $

Release Date Notes

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5.0.2 2013-05-07 Corrected gfs_37-44.cdl (grids are 1.25x1.25 degree);

added ukmet_21-24.cdl (like GFS AVN, these are 1.25x1.25 degree

grids); added '-n' flag to gribtonc (says to not expand

the record dimension past what is defined in the CDL/existing

netCDF file); updated 'port' subdirectory with latest code

(so that the package will build on CentOS 6.4 x86_64)

5.0.1 2012-06-13 Remade ruc2_236.cdl because of transfer of the RUC2 production

from FSL to RAP

5.0.0 2007-10-10 The perl Decoders have been moved to their own package

so the process of deprecating this package can take place.

This package is being deprecated because of it's

limitation of not being able to decode Grib2, compile

problems, and static parameter table.

4.1.7 2007-09-27 metar2nc decoders removes reports with illegal cntl chars

changed dist from Z to gz format

4.1.6 2007-08-20 fixed typo in eta_211.cdl

4.1.5 2007-02-09 added a -c option to metar2nc* so it can process archive

data from the command line.

4.1.4 2006-10-04 fixed bug in ua2nc, putting 23hr data into wrong file.

4.1.3 2006-09-14 fixed bug in ua2nc, putting 23hr data into wrong file.

4.1.2 2006-09-06 added more levels

4.1.1 2006-08-23 minor bug fixes, recs.c added import, metar2nc.new1

SPD and GUST are now floats when converted from knots

to m/s. etc

4.0.0 2005-12-19 update the METAR table sfmetar_sa.tbl, created new

metar.cdl.new1, new table lsfstns.tbl for synoptic

decoder, and new table for upperair decoder snstns.tbl

updated other cdls. the new table names cause mods to

syn2nc and ua2nc.

4.0.0 2005-10-05 changed perl from /usr/local/bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl

pqact entries don't need yyyymm argument anymore.

new naming convention, ie surface_METAR_yyyymmdd_hhmm.nc

added -h option to write hourly files for the all perl

decoders, default is daily file. updated sfmetar.tbl,

snworld.tbl and systns_upc.tbl. fixed bug in syn2nc

that returned wind DIR greater than 900, removed java

Grib decoder jars, it's has it own release package now

called grib-decoder-java_2.2.10.tar.gz. gfs_211.cdl,

eta_211.cdl, and ruc2_236.cdl were updated to add

new parmeters. managed log files to only keeps 3 logs

added global attributes to metar.cdl.new1

changed testdata.wmo to testdata.wmo.bak, etc

3.1.1 2005-05-24 changed units of Dx and Dy to be meters instead of km

in all cdls. changed cdl version to be 1.0

3.1.0 2005-05-24 fixed the perl decoders so unicode characters don't put

decoder into infinite loop. This fix is needed for

perl version 5.8.0 and higher. fixed buoy2nc and syn2nc

where min was set to 60 and timegm() was called.

Also added the java grib.jar to the release.

3.0.9 2005-03-01 fixed the perl decoder cdls to be udunits compliant.

3.0.8 2005-02-04 fixed metar2nc and metar2nc.new1 dew point temperature

incase the coding changes from /M00 to /M0

3.0.7 2004-12-21 added level 245, changed files: levels.h gribtocdl.c

levels.c nc.c

3.0.6 2004-10-21 some parameters started with a number, thats illegal

in netcdf. also correct units for oztot (ozone total)

3.0.5 2004-10-18 update cdls and new version of metar.new1, metar.cdl.new

3.0.4 2004-07-22 rewrote perl decoders to be more robust especially

when checking the report time for accuracy. Changed

test to read in more stations from the sfmetar_sa.tbl

station file. Added metar2nc.new1 and metar.cdl.new1 as

a new perl decoder, new netCDF format. New script

makeCDL1.pl makes a cdl file metar.cdl.new1. In recs.c

upped RECS_INIT_SIZE to 64. Updated cdls

In nc.c added stronger test to parmname, levels

mods to test.pl for real time data, mods to

src/*/testdata.wmo for real time testing. Fixed

return value for time range indicator in gribtocdl

3.0.3 2004-03-12 added Writer scripts into all the perl decoders. These

scripts bust-up bulletins into individual reports

added missing level info to gribtocdl.c program

added Makefile.in to zone MANIFEST

Fixed century bug, files recs.c units.c gribdump

3.0.2 2004-02-01 change #define MAX_GRIB_SIZE 200000

added forecasttime variable to gribtocdl

rename all cdls to reflect new model names

updated INSTALL and CUSTOMIZE files

in cdl dir, updated Makefile.in and README

mods to metar2nc, made matches more robust

3.0.1 2003-04-25 added CF standard_name, forecasttime, and enhanced

Conventions attribute to acknowledge CF conventions

to all model cdls. Modified recs.c to write out

forecasttime.

3.0.0 2003-03-25 added dimension valtime_offset for the valtime_offset

variable. Enhanced cdl to have the data for the

valtime_offset var. This permits the data to be stored

in monotonic increasing order. Added parameter_number

and level_number attributes to variables.

2.4.4 2003-02-25 added vars gust_sfc to ruc2.cdl and vars Tmin_fhg and

Tmax_fhg to avn-x.cdl

mods to gdes.c gribtocdl.[1c] inetutil.c ulog.h so

code compiles on AIX boxes.

2.4.3 2003-02-21 modifications so user parms functionality works

correctly in the code, new functionality to

gribdump, also updated the man pages. files:

gribtocdl.c, params.c, gribdump.c, gribtonc.1 and

gribdump.1

2.4.2 2003-02-19 Added the PNO indicator for Metar decoder

In gdes.c, changed i_dim from lat to lon

fixed avn-1.0x1.0.cdl also

2.4.1 2003-01-31 Fixed some error for the avn-1.0x1.0 Grid. Also fixed

errors for the Gausian lat/lon grid, plus other fixes

mods to gribtocld.c gdes.c nc.c

2.4.0 2002-11-04 Merge in code made by Arild Burud and Terje Reite for

program gribtocdl. Also changed levels.{ch} some names

changes and other added. Added new NWS parameter in

params.[ch], mods to nc.c for avn 1 degree grid

2.3.8 2001-03-23 In ruc.cdl added omega variable, Vertical velocity

2.3.7 2000-02-15 Added suffixes in levels.(c|h) for the ruc2 vars.

Updated the ruc2.cdl for the new vars.

More Y2K fixes for the metar2nc decoders.

fixed test.pl for 2000, and update testdata.wmo

for decoders.

2.3.6 1999-12-7 y2k fixes in all the perl decoders.

Upperair decoder now uses the awips cdl, called

raob.cdl, changed upperair/Makefile.in to include

raob.cdl, modified test.pl for upperair grib1.h was

modified to accommodate large products. ruc2.cdl was

modified to new vars: ssrun, etc.

2.3.5 avn-q.cdl eta.cdl eta212.cdl ngm-q.cdl ruc.cdl files

were modified because the earth_shape var was wrong.

get_prod.c modified to handle a 7 at the end of the

data section, not end of product 777

added realclean rule to Makefile.in

ldmConnect changed hash initializations from {} to ()

gdes.c added return ret after initial ret = 0 for

error.

2.3.4 1997-06-05

VERSION changed 2.3.4

configure.in, test.pl, README.perlDecoders

changed for ascii2nc

Created file Makefile.in, testdata, ascii2nc, and

ascii2nc.1 for perl decoder ascii2nc

In metar2nc, syn2nc, bouy2nc and ua2nc changed

RDWR typeglob to WRITE because not exported any

longer in netcdf-perl

In Makefile.in prefixed test.pl with perl, added

code for ascii2nc

In ncfloats.c changed ncvoid to void because of

NetCDF release 3.3

All station tables for perl decoders updated.

2.3.3 1997-04-15 Fixed memory leak in ua2nc ( Upper Air Decoder ).

Changed surface to fixed height above ground

for temperature and added model id 80 for SPEC62MRF data

in the mrf-a.cdl. gribtonc now runs on 64 bit

platforms and ncinquire bug that causes core dumps was

fixed. Updated hrs.conf entries to comply to NWS changes.

Added new Spectral model cdl avn-1.25x1.25.cdl.

Added ldmConnect script to release, also includes

new -a flag for storing file in station ID/bulletin ID

directory structure.

2.3.2 1996-11-14 Release tar file was corrupted.

2.3.1 1996-11-08 Fixes by Harry Edmon, for the edition 0 grids.

2.3.0 1996-10-22 First release of the combined gribtonc and perl decoders

For gribtonc, same as release 2.2.2 . For perl decoders,

a new Synoptic decoder and improved Buoy decoder that

decodes the BBXX reports as well as the ZZYY reports.

Other minor fixes.

2.2.2 1996-06-18 Fixed small memory leak in gribtonc that occurred

when short or oversize product is abandoned.

Changed gribdump/gribtonc scan so that anything can

occur after terminating '7777', not just <CR><CR>

or 'GRIB', by checking count after 'GRIB'. This

will make gribtonc work for GRIB products that are

separated by arbitrary stuff, not just WMO

envelopes.

Updated to incorporate January 2, 1996 changes to

NCEP Office Note 388 (GRIB Edition 1).

2.2.1 1996-01-10 Fixed cause of segmentation violation or

"out of memory" message that might occur if gribtonc

has timed out from not receiving input for ten

minutes, and a new gribtonc needs to open the same

output file to append more data.

Fixed declaration in ulog.c that prevented it from

compiling with non-standard /usr/ucb/cc compiler.

Including sample pqact.conf entries for HDS data in

gribtonc/cdl/hds.conf. Updated cdl README file.

2.2 1996-01-05 Isolated code to handle (reftimes,valtimes)-> record

mapping. Fixed getrec() function to not re-write

reftimes and valtimes variables when opening an

existing netCDF file. Corrected handling of units

for valtime and reftime (valtime was in seconds

rather than hours).

Write datetime and valtime_offset variables, if

present, to aid human comprehension.

Write extra time-range indicator information with

auxilliary variables, such as PRECIP_accum_times for

precipitation accumulation intervals.

Added ncsync() after writing each product, to keep

netCDF file updated.

Changed longitude in navigation for G grid to -52.5

(was 52.5).

Updated old Copyright notices.

Added erealloc and used for growing tables.

Added datetime and valtime_offset variables to CDL

files to aid human comprehension of reference times

and forecast times.

Added "accum" dimension and extra auxilliary

precipitation variables to CDL files for

precipitation accumulation intervals, where needed.

Removed some gratuitous differences in

capitalization in values of long_name attributes in

CDL files.

Updated ECMF model ID to 132 in ecmf.cdl.

Changed "NMC" references to "NCEP" and "HRS"

occurrences to "HDS" in CDL files.

2.1 1995-12-12 Adapted to new ETA model parameters and levels.

Base level tables on level dimensions rather than

type of level (and similarly for layers). This

permits multiple level tables for the same kind of

level, which allows multiple level dimensions of the

same kind. The new ETA model uses five different

sigma layer dimensions, so this was necessary. The

ability to have multiple level dimensions was

exploited in changes to the CDL templates for the

ETA, NGM, and AVN models, to make the resulting

netCDF files smaller by eliminating levels and

layers that don't exist for some variables.

Removed the ill-conceived "accum" dimension used for

precipitation accumulation, and the whole idea of

using a dimension for time range indicators. This

also reduces the size of netCDF files that used it.

Permit non-record variables, such as Z_sfc(y,x) for

terrain.

Added new parameters: helicity, u and components of

storm motion.

Fixed gribdump and gribtonc to read raw GRIB

products as well as GRIB products in a WMO envelope.

Added portential vorticity level.

Changed sigma levels units to be dimensionsless.

Added netCDF file name to messages printed when no

parameter match found.

Added parameter 10 for total ozone.

Added new time units for 3, 6, 12 hours and new time

range indicators for variance and standard

deviation.

Added new level dimensions to CDL template files for

the subset of isobaric levels on which absolute

vorticity and relative humidity are computed.

Eliminated use of grep(1)'s -q option in configure

script because it's not supported on all platforms.

2.0.11 1995-11-27 Reverted lifted index parameters from degC to degK,

because they are really degK, this is not an

artifact of units conversion.

Removed the LI:level_1 and LI:level_2 attributes

from ngm-g.cdl and ngm-q.cdl, because the lifted

index levels are specified as values for the

liso_bot and liso_top variables.

2.0.10 1995-11-22 Allow psuedo-units like "(allocated by centers)"

that begin with a "(", so that adding new data to

existing netCDF files created with the old .cdl

files will work without generating lots of error

messages about error parsing units.

2.0.9 1995-11-22 Fixed handling of levels and layers units. For

example, liso layers use kPa in GRIB product, but

should be changed to hPa in netCDF file.

Fixed lifted index units to be C instead of K, since

the lifted index is a difference of temperatures.

Fixed sigma level units to be dimensionless.

Removed silly "(allocated by centers)" unit

attribute for model_id variable, so now all CDL file

units are parsable by udunits.

Changed FILENAME_MAX to _POSIX_PATH_MAX to

workaround incorrect HP definition of former

constant.

Changed liso dimension from 2 to 1 in CDL files,

because there is only one lifted index for these

parameters. Also changed liso_top and liso_bot to

500 and 1000 to use hPa.

2.0.8 1995-11-17 Generalized handling of levels and layers to handle

all GRIB levels and layers, not just those currently

in HDS datastream. Added conventional names for new

level and layer dimensions.

Added Z_sfc parameter to ruc.cdl and ngm-q.cdl,

since it's now appeaaring in the HDS datastream.

2.0.7 1995-11-03 Add model 81 (SSIAVN) to allowable model_id values

for avn_q.cdl. Add P_sfc variable to RUC model

variables.

Rename "gribtonc/test/" directory to

"gribtonc/tests" so "make test" has a chance of

working.

Fixed portability problems so would compile on AIX

and Ultrix, making sure "c89" compiler is preferred

to "cc" on AIX.

Got "make test" to work on OSF1-3.0, AIX-4.1,

HPUX-9.05, IRIX-5.3, SunOS-5.4, SunOS-4.1.4, and

Ultrix 4.4.

2.0.6 1995-10-31 In cdl/avn-q.cdl, deleted "liso" dimension and

changed LI not to use liso dimension, since the

model output now says lifted index is defined for

LEVEL_SURFACE, not for LEVEL_LISO as it used to be.

Changed accumulation intervals used for PRECIP

variable to match what is now appearing in the data

stream.

Fixed format descriptors in some error messages in

gribdump and gribtonc to match type of value

printed. This fixes a segmentation violation

occurring in gribtonc when preciptaion intervals

don't match CDL file for AVN model.

2.0.5 1995-10-25 Fixed repeated 180,-180 longitude in avn-x.cdl.

2.0.4 1995-10-11 Corrected eta.cdl to provide model_id dimension.

2.0.3 1995-10-11 Added new ETA 48km model number.

Ported makefiles to POSIX standard.

2.0.2 1995-6-19

removed alloca() from port for HP-UX fix

fixed cubic spline interpolation in gribtonc

modified gribdump to print data by row

2.0.1 1995-6-15

Initial beta release