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Updated 05/13/08

Datasets are maintained from input from Field Offices,
Regional HQs, GSD, ROC, OST, OOS, OS, NCF


    sftp to NOAA1 pub/ndm for NDM data.

Status Page of changes to National Datasets: natdatalog


   To update NDM files, edit script as needed

   OB4 updateNDM.ksh     (includes lx px xt) revised 04/01/05

   Updating linux (revised 4/09/02) Copy NDM updates to /awips/fxa/data to lx1 and lx2 (linux)



AWIPS Map Background Files MAP BACKGROUNDS

    FSL was a primary source for data descriptions and some of the datasets. Here is a list of the dataset dependencies

This table is constructed to provide a quick view of the AWIPS national datasets, descriptions and update instructions. The datasets can be ftp'd from NOAA1 pub/ndm for awips.

NDM Revisions began 2/28/00

Dataset / Date

Nodes where used
Location

How to Update
File Description / Metadata
afos2awips.070130 EXAMPLE ONLY

(review before using a2a on NOAA1 /awips/fxa/data
It may not be correct for your products.)

Or view it on data mgmt page afos2awips.txt

all devices

/awips/fxa/data

How to Update - 11/04/05

This maps the AFOS ID to WMO data designator and AWIPS CCCC. This file is updated by OSO to match the NWSTG switching directory. Most accesses are not via a binary search, so this can be time consuming. It is unknown what the afos2awips.realIds, and afos2awips.testIds files are used for. wanMsgHnd reads in whole table at initialization; handleOUP.pl validates an AWIPS ID using this file every time it is invoked.
afos_lookup_table.dat 05/05/08

dx1 (dx2 for failover) 
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

This file maps AWIPS CCCC to AFOS CCC, for use by the StdDBDecoder process to build AFOS PILS for text product storage. (Used to decode standard text product.) While there are cases where an AWIPS CCCC is associated with multiple AFOS CCCs, the nature of this table means that each CCCC may map to only one CCC. (An AFOS CCC may be associated with many AWIPS CCCCs.)
afosMasterPIL.txt 05/13/08

 all lxs 
/awips/fxa/data/localization/nationalData

How to Update - rev. 11/09/05

This file is processed by localization (-text option) to create /awips/fxa/data/localizationDataSets/LLL/afosMasterPIL.CCC. The latter is used to build the text workstation browser contents.
awips2afos.txt 11/30/07  

dx1 (dx2 for failover)

How to update - 11/07/05 

This file is used by the program that handles the RSS ingest into AWIPS. It first uses awips2afos.txt to get the nine letter ID from the KxxxNNNXXX on the incoming product. Later it calls distributeProduct.pl to send out the product to the world - distributeProduct looks up the nine letter ID in afos2awips.txt to get the WMO header.
awipsPriorities.txt 06/20/05  

How to update -  

PENDING awipsPriorities.txt description
bit_table.dat with AWC additions 01/31/07

dx1 (starting in OB4.2)
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

The entries in this table indicate the NNNs of those IDs that are stored "with the national bit set" (an AFOS term meaning that the user can call up the product without using the CCC because it is always stored under the local CCC). The StdDBDecoder substitutes the local CCC for the AAA.
BUOY.goodness 2/7/00
no longer needed (per FSL)

lxs
/awips/fxa/data/localization/nationalData

This file lists all fixed buoy stations' locations and their plotting desirability relative to surrounding stations, used for progressive disclosure. Localization (-station) creates /awips/fxa/data/localizationDataSets/LLL/BUOY.spi, which is used to construct the fixed buoy stations map. (Note that any entries in maritimeStationInfo.txt not found in BUOY.goodness will be added to BUOY.spi with an appropriate declutter factor.)
collective_table.dat 06/14/06

How to Update - 11/09/05

dx1 (px1 for failover)
/awips/fxa/data

Maps the WMO data designators of the collective products with the AFOS ID. An entry in this table directs the product to the collective decoder, vice the standard decoder. (Both decoders read the file.) Many entries are of the form AAAXXX; the AAA will be replaced by the local CCC. Other entries use CCCXXX where the XXX is determined from the product contents and the CCC is obtained from the national category table.
OB81 GOESImagerInfo.txt

see NOAA1 pub/ndm/OB81

dx3
/data/fxa/nationalData

How to Update when there is a change in satellites

Used by satellite decoder GOESImagerInfo.txt requires updating when a new satellite becomes operational
gribModelsECMF_ed1.txt 10/14/03

No longer NDM - was returned to baseline Nov 2003

px1 (px2 for failover)

/awips/fxa/data

 
ispan_table.template 05/06/08

How to update - 12/16/06

dx1  
/awips/fxa/data/localization/nationalData

Maps WMO header (data descriptor + origin) for non-collective products with AFOS ID.  This file is processed by localization (-text option) to produce /awips/fxa/data/localizationDataSets/LLL/ ispan_table.dat. The latter is used by StdDBDecoder as a "last resort" to create the AFOS PIL, particularly in cases where the product origin does not map directly to a CCC (e.g., KWBC). The file is a list of those IDs that cannot be created from the data and their corresponding WMO IDs and is generally based on the NWSTG switching directory.
locationIDs no change til April 2008
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

How to Update -

dx3 (dx4 for failover)
/awips/fxa/data

This file contains reference points for aviation advisories, and a change is required, effective April 15, 2008 (see TIN 07-83).  
maritimeStationInfo.txt 05/08/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

How to Update - 11/09/05

dx1 (dx2 for failover) and lxs 
/awips/fxa/data

This file contains station information for fixed buoy and for CMAN sites. It is read by the maritime decoder, which reports in its log if it doesn't find a station. This is also used by localization (-station option) to complete BUOY.spi (station plot info), for those stations which do not appear in BUOY.goodness, allowing them to be plotted.
metarStationInfo.txt 04/24/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

dx1 (dx2 for failover) and lxs
dx3 (OB7.1)
/awips/fxa/data
Brief How to update- 08/24/06

This file contains station information for METAR and SAO sites. It is read by the METAR decoder, which reports in its log if it doesn't find a station (but stores the decoded report, anyway). This is also used by localization (-station option) to complete MTR.spi (station plot info), for those stations which do not appear in MTR.goodness, allowing them to be plotted.
MTR.goodness 04/24/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

lxs 
/awips/fxa/data
Brief How to update -8/24/06

Used to control plotting. This file lists METAR and SAO stations' locations and their plotting desirability relative to surrounding stations, used for progressive disclosure. Localization (-station) creates /awips/fxa/data/localizationDataSets/LLL/MTR.spi, which is used to construct the METAR stations map.
modelBufrStationInfo.txt 06/23/06

see NOAA1 pub/ndm

dx1 (dx2 failover) and workstations
/awips/fxa/data

How to update - 11/09/05

 
national_category_table.template04/24/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

How to Update - 11/09/05

dx2 (dx1 for failover) OB4,OB5 sites
/awips/fxa/data/localization/nationalData 

Localization (-text) produces /awips/fxa/data/localizationDataSets/LLL/ national_category_table.dat, which is used by the CollDBDecoder to map an XXX or XXXX station ID to an AFOS-PIL CCC. There is no longer a limit to the number of entries (had been 3500). This is also used for METAR plot sampling.
pirepsTable.txt for OB83 02/29/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm
description pending

prodList.txt for OB82 12/10/07
see NOAA1 pub/ndm/OB82

SST updates all sites when needed.   
dx1 (dx2 for failover)
/awips/fxa/data

prodList.txt entries force the radarStorage process to transmit the radar product to the NCF under the WMO heading.

rps-RPGOP-tcp.storm 01/10/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

/data/fxa/nationalData

includes Mesocyclone MD141 product

rps-RPGOP-tcp.clear-air 01/10/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

/data/fxa/nationalData

 
profiler.goodness 9/03/02
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

all devices

description pending
profilerStationInfo.txt 9/03/02
see NOAA1 pub/ndm
description pending
raob.goodness 02/06/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

all devices

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description
raobDataKeys.txt 02/06/08

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description
raobDepictKeys.txt 02/06/08

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description
raobMenus.txt 02/06/08

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description
raobProductButtons.txt 02/06/08

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description
raobStationInfo.txt 02/06/08
see NOAA1 pub/ndm

How to Update - 12/20/06

raob datasets description

OB6 redbookPurgeInfo.txt 03/27/07

dx3
/data/fxa/nationalData

How to Update redbook datasets

Redbook Description

redbookDataKeys.txt 03/27/07

all devices
/data/fxa/nationalData
How to Update redbook datasets

Redbook Description

redbookDepictKeys.txt 04/12/07

all devices

/data/fxa/nationalData

Redbook Description
redbookProductButtons.txt 03/27/07

all devices

/data/fxa/nationalData

Redbook Description
redbookLegends.txt 11/30/05

all devices

/data/fxa/nationalData

Redbook Description
redbookCPCMenus.txt 05/18/05
redbookHPCMenus.txt 09/17/07
redbookNCOMenus.txt 08/24/06
redbookHazardMenus.txt 03/27/07
redbookMarineMenus.txt 06/21/05
redbookUpperAirMenus.txt 08/09/06

all devices

/data/fxa/nationalData

Redbook Description
satSpecificInfo.txt 12/07/07

see NOAA1 pub/ndm

dx3
/data/fxa/nationalData

How to Update (OB72)

Used by satellite decoder and the fog monitor, satSpecificInfo.txt requires updating when a new satellite becomes operational
selsAnchors.txt 10/25/05

see NOAA1 pub/ndm

lx's
/awips/fxa/data

This file is used to plot SPC watch boxes. The anchor points used in the "public" line (not the aviation line) on SAW products are listed here.
station_locations table for climate

MDL

Contains the list of METAR, TAF, and SCD stations "known" to the Climate Reports Formatter and AWIPS VER program. Only stations contained in this master list can be set up in these applications. Stations not in this list will be rejected by the application setup user interfaces. The master list is contained in a data table in the hmdb in Informix, is nationally configured, and is not to be modified by users.
station_table.dat 02/06/08

dx3 
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update

Used to create the AFOS ID for upper air products. This file maps a 5-digit upper-air stion number to XXXX, which in turn is passed through national_category_table.dat to build an AFOS PIL (in CollDBDecoder).
synopticStationTable.txt 10/27/05

? as2 (as1 for failover) 
/awips/fxa/data 

 
tdwrElevations.txt 11/15/05

  OB81.1 tdwrElevations.txt 07/30/07

 
/data/fxa/nationalData

How to Update -

 
OB81.1 tdwrRadars.txt 07/30/07

 
/data/fxa/nationalData

How to Update -

 
textCategoryClass.txt 09/24/07

lxs  
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

This file is used to map NNN to one or more classes for menu assignment in the text browser. The list of classes is found in textBrowser.tcl, procedure classCode. The designated NNN will appear in the browser menus for each listed class.
textCCChelp.txt 04/24/08

lxs 
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

This file contains help strings associated with CCC or XXX entries in the text browser.
textNNNhelp.txt 09/24/07

lxs 
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

This file contains help strings associated with NNN entries in the text browser.
textOriginTable.txt 10/26/06

lxs  
/awips/fxa/data 

How to Update - 11/09/05

This file contains information on which CCCs appear in which Origin list on the text browser. Local sites will need to modify the "R" section, which is set up for Colorado and is not hit by localization.
upair_table.dat7/14/04

as2 (as1 for failover)
/awips/fxa/data 

Maps the WMO data designator of the upper air products with the AFOS ID. Similar to collective_table.dat, an entry in this table directs the product to the collective decoder, vice the standard decoder. (Both decoders read the file.) Entries are of the form CCC(nnn)XXX, where the XXX is determined from the product contents (via station_table.dat) and the CCC is obtained from national_category_table.dat.

dataInfo.manual OB81
dataInfo.manual OB82
dataInfo.manual OB83

update instructions 9/5/01

description pending
depictInfo.manual OB81
depictInfo.manual OB82
depictInfo.manual OB83
depictInfo.manual OB9

update instructions 9/5/01

description pending
msasProductButtons.txt Build 5.2.2
productButtonInfo.txt OB81
productButtonInfo.txt OB82
redbookHPCMenus.txt OB82
productButtonInfo.txt OB83
productButtonInfo.txt OB9

update instructions 9/5/01

description pending
dialRadars.txt
radarsInUse.txt
radarsOnMenu.txt
orpgDedicated.txt
orpgOTRs.txt
orpgBackups.txt
 

WSR-88D Hotline

The WSR-88D Hotline and ROC, acting as agents for the respective Regions and NWSH, maintain and distribute AWIPS system-specific "radar files" for WSR-88D and TDWR/SPG access. Routine requests for changes to existing radar access permissions should be coordinated through Regional Focal Points. Emergency requests for changes to existing radar access permissions can be requested to the Hotline directly and will be subsequently coordinated with the respective Regional Focal Point by the Hotline.
radarInfoMaster.txt

generated from fsl-w88d(.shp,.shx,.dbf) during localization
Updated 05/05/05

WSR-88D Hotline

 
wmoSiteInfo.txt 04/19/06

OB81.1 wmoSiteInfo.txt 07/30/07

See NOAA1 pub/ndm

dx1
/awips/fxa/data

How to Update - 04/19/06

 

  These files are maintained by FSL:
   radarDataKeys.template    radarDataMenus.template    radarDepictKeys.template    radarImageStyleInfo.template

   rcv_handler.tbl will be delivered with releases when appropriate, so has been removed from this list of national datasets.

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