20010402: getraob

Diana,

The getraob program is provided by FSL/NCDC as an executable 
(ie, I don't have the source code). I'll see about running it with a list of 
stations to
see if I run into the same problems, or if I come up with any suggestions.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User SUpport




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>Hi Steve,
>        I think the problem might be with the getraob program.  I successfully
>entered the remaining 55 stations and learned, after running your cat program,
>that it obtained about 30 of them.  That's better than last time, but
>I wonder why it's not getting all of them.  It looks like I still have room
>left on my disk, but I'll look into possible memory problems.
>
>I actually entered the stations by hand, just in case it wasn't able to
>read my station file last time. Here's what I did:
>
>WMO station number? 72340
>WMO station number? 72274
> WMO station number? 72493
> WMO station number? 72391
> WMO station number? 72290
> WMO station number? 72291
> WMO station number? 72393
> WMO station number? 72469
> WMO station number? 72476
> WMO station number? 72210
> WMO station number? 72311
> WMO station number? 72681
> WMO station number? 72532
> WMO station number? 91165
> WMO station number? 72451
> WMO station number? 72456
> WMO station number? 72506
> WMO station number? 74494
> WMO station number? 72712
> WMO station number? 72606
> WMO station number? 72734
> WMO station number? 72747
> WMO station number? 72655
> WMO station number? 72445
> WMO station number? 72349    
> WMO station number? 72440
> WMO station number? 72768
> WMO station number? 72775
> WMO station number? 72304
> WMO station number? 72317
> WMO station number? 72764
> WMO station number? 72553
> WMO station number? 72562
> WMO station number? 72365
> WMO station number? 72486
> WMO station number? 72583
> WMO station number? 72518
> WMO station number? 72528
> WMO station number? 72429
> WMO station number? 72353
> WMO station number? 72597
> WMO station number? 72694
> WMO station number? 72520
> WMO station number? 72654
> WMO station number? 72662
> WMO station number? 72327
> WMO station number? 72363
> WMO station number? 72572
> WMO station number? 72403
> WMO station number? 72402
> WMO station number? 72797
> WMO station number? 72785
> WMO station number? 72645
> WMO station number? 72425
> WMO station number? 72576
>
>
>Number of soundings written:  573165
>
>
>Steve, here's the summary of station ID's fr. the output of the cat
>program you sent.
>
>72493                     
>72764
>72576
>72562
>72662
>72768
>72572
>72583
> 72681
>72775
>72785
>72597
>72694
>72290
>72425
>72528
>72391
>72290
>72291
>72393
>72304
>72403
>72402
>72425
> 72469
>72768
>72520
> 72654
>72553
>
>
>At least I have a total of 40 stations to work with.  This is not a tragedy, b
> ut
>it seems there's no guarantee that these will be the same stations extracted
>from the other 4 CDROM's, so I guess we should look into solving this dilemma.
>
>Thanks,
>Diana
>