20001218: McIDAS files on motherlode

>From:  Russ Rew <address@hidden>
>Organization:  UCAR Unidata Program
>Keywords:  200012181609.eBIG9Ho04720 McIDAS-X XCD Unidata-Wisconsin

Russ,

>I'm curious why the files in /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas/ on motherlode
>continue to be updated after the MCIDAS feed has stopped.  Are these
>from decoders or indexing processes that are still working on old data,
>or is something else going on?

The files you are looking at are produced by the McIDAS-XCD package.
These decoders work on the regular FOS (DDS, IDS, PPS, HRS) data that
is still flowing in the IDD.  The only thing left in the
Unidata-Wisconsin datastream (MCIDAS IDD feed type) are the imagery
which have indeed stopped.  If that feed was up, you would see some
current AREA files in the listing for /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas.

>  /usr/local/ldm/data/mcidas:
>  total 5769958
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   187868960 Dec 18 09:08 DD003530.XCD
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     64128 Dec 18 09:08 TST00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    872448 Dec 18 09:08 ZZ00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    504448 Dec 18 09:08 MTR00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   1937408 Dec 18 09:08 SA00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   129054124 Dec 18 09:08 GRID5003
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   33558529 Dec 18 09:08 HRS.SPL
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    121088 Dec 18 09:08 RR300353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   1806336 Dec 18 09:08 SR00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     62080 Dec 18 09:08 WTS00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   4984780 Dec 18 09:08 MDXX0033
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   6423216 Dec 18 09:08 MDXX0053
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 mcidas   ustaff   6579972 Dec 18 09:08 SYNOPTIC.RAP
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   33554260 Dec 18 09:08 SYNOPTIC.RAT
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    110592 Dec 18 09:08 FO00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     90112 Dec 18 09:08 FP00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      3968 Dec 18 09:08 RDF00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     25536 Dec 18 09:08 ZFP00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    442368 Dec 18 09:08 FT00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     21952 Dec 18 09:08 NOW00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    110592 Dec 18 09:08 TAF00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 mcidas   ustaff   4896388 Dec 18 09:08 TERMFCST.RAP
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   33554260 Dec 18 09:08 TERMFCST.RAT
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      2432 Dec 18 09:08 FTP00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     42240 Dec 18 09:07 RR100353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    114496 Dec 18 09:07 SWR00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   30365936 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0003
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 mcidas   ustaff   34780676 Dec 18 09:07 SAOMETAR.RAP
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   33554260 Dec 18 09:07 SAOMETAR.RAT
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   4200328 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0013
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   1074432 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0023
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     19328 Dec 18 09:07 AFD00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     32768 Dec 18 09:07 FX00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    306624 Dec 18 09:07 RR700353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      2368 Dec 18 09:07 RVS00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    921600 Dec 18 09:07 SM00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    260928 Dec 18 09:07 SPE00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    629568 Dec 18 09:07 MET00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   4162216 Dec 18 09:07 MDXX0063
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     35648 Dec 18 09:07 WRK00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     24576 Dec 18 09:07 AB00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      5952 Dec 18 09:07 HRR00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    323584 Dec 18 09:07 UJ00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     12992 Dec 18 09:07 RR500353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     17984 Dec 18 09:07 RRA00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     13888 Dec 18 09:07 TID00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     27264 Dec 18 09:07 OSO00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      3904 Dec 18 09:07 PIR00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     10304 Dec 18 09:07 PRC00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff    102400 Dec 18 09:07 UA00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff   34779360 Dec 18 09:07 GRID5463
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     20480 Dec 18 09:07 FZ00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      1728 Dec 18 09:07 HSF00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      6272 Dec 18 09:07 SEV00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff     32768 Dec 18 09:07 WW00353.IDX
>  -rw-rw-r--   1 ldm      ustaff      8320 Dec 18 09:06 ADX00353.IDX
>  ...

Tom
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