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NCEP Decoder Download

Each decoder is downloadable as a set of one or more UNIX tarfiles:

nawips.tar
contains general utility source code, scripts, and tables that are used within all NCEP decoders (including the CREXLIB), and only needs to be downloaded one time no matter how many different decoders you plan to download and run
decoder_name.tar
contains source code, scripts, and tables that are required for the report_type decoder, where the following table applies:

report_type decoder_name decoder_name.tar
ACARS dcacar dcacar.tar
aircraft dcacft dcacft.tar
aviation weather (METAR) dcmetr dcmetr.tar
drifting buoy dcdrbu dcdrbu.tar
land surface dclsfc dclsfc.tar
marine surface dcmsfc dcmsfc.tar
profiler dcpflr dcpflr.tar
rawinsonde dcusnd dcusnd.tar
bathy data dcbthy dcbthy.tar
supplementary climatological data dcscd dcscd.tar
satellite wind data dcsaob dcsaob.tar
NeXRaD wind (RCM Part B) data dcnxrd dcnxrd.tar
tide gauge CREX data dctidg dctidg.tar

Choose a directory on your local UNIX system to serve as the <Installation_Directory>, and then download the "nawips.tar" file and any "decoder_name.tar" file(s) that you need into that directory. Once this is done, cd to that directory on your system and then unpack the "nawips.tar" file via the command:

tar xvf nawips.tar

and then read and follow the instructions in the extracted file "README_nawips".

Then, for each downloaded "decoder_name.tar" file, cd back to the <Installation_Directory> once again, and then unpack the tarfile via the command:

tar xvf decoder_name.tar

and then read and follow the instructions in the extracted file "README_decoder_name".



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