Lightning ReadMe

Programs
us_master_light.csh
decode_light.csh
anim_us_light.csh
Initiated
Cron job on atmos
04,19,34,49 * * * * /home/atmos/u/ldm/oper/remote/light/us_master_light.csh
Process
us_master_light.csh --> decode_light.csh
                             --> anim_us_light.csh
Program Function
us_master_light.csh
calls decode_light.csh and anim_us_light.csh
decode_light.csh
raw lightning data processed into gempak files titled titled yymmddhh.light , or yymmddhh.light.more if the amount of data exceeds that allocated for the first file
proc_ssd.csh
gempak script that creates lightning plots, runs on qstat system
Need to run
Problems
Miscellaneous
The lightning data is brought in over the lines with constantly running
LDM software on amber and is placed in hourly files, such as
yyjulhh.raw
Raw data is processed every 15 minutes but gifs for the entire hour are created only once at 04 minute cron job call.
Bryan White - 10/17/97