Hi Steve,
These are the BUFR files that we get in real time here at TPC. 
Displaying them in NMAP is no problem, but I'd like the flexibility of 
plotting the data in gpmap.  I can get the real time data to plot (QSCT 
or QSCT_HI) but I can't figure out how to point gpmap to the archived 
data rather than the real time datastream.
-Mike
Dr. Michael J. Brennan
UCAR Visiting Scientist
NWS Tropical Prediction Center
Email: Michael.J.Brennan@xxxxxxxx
Phone: (305) 229-4439
Steve Chiswell wrote:
Michael,
What format is your archived data in?
The data in the NOAAPORT distribution is in BUFR, which can be plotted 
in gpmap using the QBUF identifier as shown at the bottom of:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/examples/QuikSCAT/
the QSCT, QSCT_HI, AMBG1, AMBG2, AMBG3, AMBG4 types are used for
the NESDIS format Quikscat files. This is not the same format as you
would see on the JPL site though.
Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 10:32, Michael Brennan wrote:
Hi all,
I'm trying to plot archived QuikSCAT wind barbs in gpmap but I'm unable 
to get the data to display.  I copied the datatype.tbl file to my local 
directory and altered the path to the QuikSCAT data but I'm still not 
having any luck.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Mike