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WERA HF Radar Software - Radial2ASCII

Radial2ASCII: Convert unformatted .RAD file (radial components) to ASCII version

Program is needed to transfer .RAD files between platforms, e.g. Linux <--> VMS. An FTP transfer of the unformatted files results in data corruption, even if FTP binary mode is used. Afer conversion to formatted (ASCII) data, files can be transfered by FTP without data corruption. Files need to be converted back to unformatted data before further processing on the target platform. 

Linux:
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Source is in Radial2ASCII.F
Compilation and linking with '. do_radial2ascii.sh'

Call with
> Radial2ASCII <path_to_.RAD_file>
e.g.
> Radial2ASCII /home/wera/data/TEST/20003341355_TOR.RAD

Program creates /home/wera/data/TEST/20003341355_TOR.RAD_ascii


VMS:
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Source is in Radial2ASCII.F
Compilation and linking with '@Radial2ASCII'

Program needs to be defined as an external command to take parameters
from the command line, e.g.
$ Radial2ASCII :== $$USER1:[WERA.Fortran]Radial2ASCII.EXE

Call with
$ Radial2ASCII 
e.g.
$ Radial2ASCII $DATA2:[GURGEL.GIJON.TOR_RAD]20003341355_TOR.RAD

Program creates $DATA2:[GURGEL.GIJON.TOR_RAD]20003341355_TOR.RAD_ascii

Comments to: gurgel@ifm.uni-hamburg.de (Klaus-Werner Gurgel)