Installation of the ATCF system itself is covered in the Automated Tropical Cyclone System (ATCF) Installation Guide. Installation of the fasDB database is covered in the fasDB documentation.
The remainder of the installation process consists largely of tailoring the atcfEnvs file to reflect the structure of the location at which ATCF is being installed, and modifying the data-handling scripts as necessary to store data in the correct locations.
The atcfEnvs file, which contains definitions for file, script, and program locations for a particular installation, is discussed in Section 2.1. This section discusses some other important configuration options and files of which the system administrator should be aware.
The atcfsite.nam file resides in the $ATCFINC directory and contains information for the individual unit running ATCF. It includes, for example, identification of the forecast center, its station code, the DDN message code, default map area, and other unit preferences. The information in this file may be set within ATCF through the Change Site Information option under the Configure menu, or by manually editing the file outside ATCF. A sample atcfsite.nam file is shown below. Note that the top part of the file shows the file format and describes available options; the actual preference data follows the START_OF_DATA line.
This file contains:
forecast-center: (JTWC=Pearl, NWOC=Pearl, NLMC=Norfolk, OFCL=NHC),
station-code: (PGTW=Pearl, PHNC=Pearl, KNGU=Norfolk, KNIP=JAX, KNHC=NHC,
PHFO=CPHC, KWBC=HPC),
forecast-ctr(old): forecast center name for old forecast when a
"special" forecast has been issued,
ddn-code: the ATCF requestor code for ATCF DDN messages to FNMOC,
ATCG - JTWC (Pearl)
ATCP - NWOC (PEARL)
ATCS - NOCF SAN DIEGO
ATCN - NLMC (NORFOLK)
ATCJ - NLMF JACKSONVILE
ATCH - CPHC (HONOLULU)
ATCM - NHC (MIAMI)
ATCY - NPS
map-area: what default map area you want (WHOLEWORLD)
editor: editor invoked when "edit a file" option is selected,
high-resolution-map: display high res. (200m) map when map is zoomed to
threshold diagonal size,
high-res-threshold(nm): display high res. map when diagonal map size is less
than this value(nm),
color-printer: flag to determine whether printer is color printer,
logo: flag to display logo,
logofile: file name of command logo (gif or bmp file in $ATCFIMAGES),
logo-position: logo position: upper right, lower right, upper left
or lower left,
ATCF-id-position: ATCF id position; upper right, lower right, upper left
or lower left,
center-id-position: center id position; upper right, lower right, upper left
or lower left,
graphic-label: add a label to the top of the ATCF graphic,
auto-relocate-labels: automatically relocate boxed labels when scaling
relocate-label-offset: # of characters to offset labels, from map right edge
latlon-line-freq: lat/lon line frequency: 0-default, 1-less, 2-more
map-lines-bold: map boundary lines bold, applies to the screen only
map-lines-width: if map-lines-bold, width of map lines in pixels
geography-labels: toggle for plotting geography labels on map
map-win-width(pixels): storm window width in pixels,
map-win-height(pixels): storm window height in pixels, recommended at least 525,
loopwin-width(pixels): two panel loop window width in pixels,
loopwin-height(pixels): two panel loop window height in pixels,
plotter-landscape: flag for plotter page orientation (landscape/portrait)
plotter-width(inches): plotter page width size in inches,
plotter-height(inches): plotter page height size in inches,
btrack-dashndots-on: default for best track line type based on intensity,
btrack-intensities-on: default toggle for best track wind intensities,
btrack-windradii-on: default toggle for best track wind radii,
btrack-special-sttype: draw characters for the "special" storm types,
old-fixes-greyed-out: old fixes displayed in a different color,
old-fixes-time-range: age of fix to change to different color,
new-fix-display-only: only display fixes within selected DTG time range,
new-fix-time-range: age of fix for new-fix-display-only limit,
conf-rad-time-range: default time range for fix confidence circles,
fix-conf-radii-on: default toggle for fix confidence circles,
fix-windradii-on: default toggle fix 34 kt wind radii,
fix-rad-time-range: default time range of fix 34kt wind radii,
fix-autolabel-on: default toggle for fix autolabel capability,
fix-autolab-time-range: default time range for autolabelling fixes,
fix-site-label-on: default toggle to include site in fix label,
fix-tnum-label-on: default toggle to include T Num and CI Num in fix label,
fix-hide-noncenter: toggle to hide non-center fixes
fix-select-dups: have user select from multiple fixes for mouse-over,
right-margin-size: # of chars to allow for lbls in right margin,
forecast_tau_labels: show tau labels on obj aid tracks during forecast
forecast_complete_trac: show complete obj aid tracks during forecast
forecast_consensus_aid: show consensus aids tracks during forecast
aidsLoop: controls field loop on/off during forecast track,
aidsTemplate: controls objective aid template on/off,
aidsProb: controls GPCE probability on/off,
aidsProbClim: controls GPCE climatology on/off,
aidsGPCE_AX: controls GPCE climatology on/off,
aidsPEST: controls PEST probability aid on/off,
techlistfile: file with objective aid names, aid defaults, aid colors,
synoptic_data_range: range (hours) to plot synoptic data
scatterometer_range: range (hours) to plot scatterometer data
cloud_track_wind_range: range (hours) to plot cloud track wind range data
raob/pibal_range: range (hours) to plot raob range data
aircraft_report_range: range (hours) to plot a/c data
alt_sig_wave_ht_range: range (hours) to plot altimeter sig wave hts
DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT TWO LINES -- ATCF depends on them.
START_OF_DATA:
forecast-center: NLMC
station-code: KNGU
ddn-code: ATCP
map-area: WHOLEWORLD
editor: kedit
high-resolution-map: FALSE
high-res-threshold(nm): 3000
color-printer: TRUE
logo: FALSE
logofile: 1_logo_nmfc.bmp
logo-position: lower right
ATCF-id-position: lower left
center-id-position: upper left
graphic-label: FALSE
auto-relocate-labels: FALSE
relocate-label-offset: 1
latlon-line-freq: 1
map-lines-bold: FALSE
map-lines-width: 0
geography-labels: TRUE
map-win-width(pixels): 990
map-win-height(pixels): 555
loopwin-width(pixels): 761
loopwin-height(pixels): 782
plotter-landscape: TRUE
plotter-width(inches): 36
plotter-height(inches): 48
btrack-dashndots-on: TRUE
btrack-intensities-on: FALSE
btrack-windradii-on: FALSE
btrack-special-sttype: FALSE
old-fixes-greyed-out: FALSE
old-fixes-time-range: 007
new-fix-display-only: FALSE
new-fix-time-range: 007
conf-rad-time-range: 006
fix-conf-radii-on: FALSE
fix-windradii-on: FALSE
fix-rad-time-range: 006
fix-autolabel-on: FALSE
fix-autolab-time-range: 007
fix-site-label-on: TRUE
fix-tnum-label-on: TRUE
fix-hide-noncenter: FALSE
fix-select-dups: FALSE
right-margin-size: 40
forecast_tau_labels: FALSE
forecast_complete_trac: FALSE
forecast_consensus_aid: TRUE
aidsTemplate: FALSE
aidsProb: TRUE
aidsProbClim: TRUE
aidsGPCE_AX: TRUE
aidsPEST: TRUE
techlistfile: techlist.dat
synoptic_data_range: 005
scatterometer_range: 002
cloud_track_wind_range: 005
raob/pibal_range: 006
aircraft_report_range: 000
alt_sig_wave_ht_range: 004
The modellist.dat file is used to create the model names from the info gleaned out of the GRIB header data. The model names are used for various files ATCF uses for displaying the GRIB fields; for example there are color files saved for each field/model type for displaying color filled contour fields. A typical modellist.dat file is shown below. There is no user interface in ATCF for editing this file; it should only be edited by the system administrator who should coordinate with NRL and FNMOC before making changes.
This file is a lookup table to determine the model of specific GRIB data. The fields are: - model, - originating/generating center id (see GRIB documentation, code table 0), - sub-center identification (see GRIB documentation, code table 0), - grid definition (Number of grid used - from catalog defined by originating ctr), - generating process identification number (allocated by originating center), - model descriptive name. The model is used as the first part of the field-id convention, which consists of the model, the parameterID and the level/level-range. This convention is used for the filename extension of the color fill files in $ATCFINC/colorfls and also to id fields in the $ATCFINC/*.loop files. For example screen.NGPS0330200 is the color-fill definition for NOGAPS 200 mb Winds. 033 is the parameter ID from acceptList.txt. DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT TWO LINES -- ATCF depends on them. START_OF_DATA: model center sub_center grid process model-name NGPS 058 000 240 058 NOGAPS NOAA 009 009 255 031 NOAA OHC GFS_ 058 000 240 012 GFS UKMO 058 000 240 118 UKMET JMA_ 058 000 240 047 JMA COWP 058 000 047 090 COAMPS WPAC WPRB 052 000 255 030 Wind Probability GOXM 058 000 240 083 Mean Winds GOXM WW3_ 058 000 240 110 WW3 Sig Wave Height in m WWIO 058 000 001 010 JTWC/WW3 IO Sig Wave Height in m WWWP 058 000 002 010 JTWC/WW3 WP Sig Wave Height in m WWAL 058 000 003 010 OFCL/WW3 AL Sig Wave Height in m WWEP 058 000 004 010 OFCL/WW3 EP Sig Wave Height in m ECMW GFDN TCLP
ATCF uses three sets of files to determine color preferences related to various items in the display. The first is colsel.dat, which together with colortable.dat determines the colors used for the map display itself. The second is techlist.dat, which contains the master list of objective aids and the color number (from colortable.dat) that will be used to display each aid. The third set of files are contained in the $ATCFINC/colorfls directory, and determine the colors used to plot color-filled contours for various parameters and fields.
The colortable.dat file simply provides a cross-reference between color definitions (in hex) and color numbers. It consists of a header plus a list of hex values; the color definition at the top of the list corresponds to color number 0, the next to color number 1, and so forth. This file should not be modified.
The colsel.dat file determines the color selections for MAPDISPLAY, the map portion of the display. It is typically modified using the Change Colors option in the Configure menu. A portion of a typical colsel.dat file is shown below.
This file defines the colors for the MAP DISPLAY program. The objective aid colors are specified in the techlist.dat file. Refer to $ATCFINC/colortable.dat for the color number definitions. DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT TWO LINES -- ATCF depends on them. START_OF_DATA: MAPDSPLY background : 9 ocean : 9 land : 7 map/coastlnes: 1 latlonlines : 0 titles : 3 ATCF_ID :10 label : 3 prompt/status:26 forecast :14 tcfa_box :14 #_ovrly_clors:10 overly_colors: 3 4 20 14 16 3 21 26 14 12 #_trck_colors:10 track_colors : 3 4 21 16 14 26 1 15 7 2 34_wind_rad :14 50_wind_rad : 5 64_wind_rad :21 100_wind_rad :16
Each line (below the header) of this file designates a map feature and the associated color number from the colortable.dat file. Note that for some features (e.g. overlays and tracks in the example) there is an entry preceded by a # that designates the number of such features to be assigned a color number (10 in the case of both overlays and tracks) followed by a line with a list of color numbers – the list should always contain the same number of color numbers as designated above. The colors for these features are applied sequentially; i.e. the first number after overly_colors is assigned to the first overlay, the second to the second overlay, etc. Note also that each color number is assigned two digits (1-digit numbers get a leading space) and the numbers are separated by a space.
Normally the colsel.dat file should be changed only through the ATCF user interface rather than being manually edited, in order to ensure the proper alignment is maintained.
The techlist.dat file resides in the $ATCFINC/tech directory and contains the master list of objective aids for an ATCF installation. There are three paths to modify this file within ATCF. The first is >Configure → Change Objective Aids Defaults, which allows the user to select which objective aids are used as defaults for the particular installation; this dialog does not allow for setting colors. The second path is Configure → Modify Objective Aids Master List, which allows direct editing of the techlist.dat file; the use of this option should be restricted to the System Administrator, as the formatting of the file is critical. Finally, the colors used to display individual objective aids can be set or modified by selecting Change Colors… from the Configure menu, then clicking the Obj Aids Colors… button in the Map Display Color Preferences dialog. This opens the Objective Aids Color Preferences dialog, which allows the user to select the color used for each objective aid. The techlist.dat file will be discussed further in another section.
The files in the $ATCFINC/colorfls directory indicate the color selections for various ATCF products, including color-filled contours. These files are normally set and/or modified within ATCF’s user interface. The path is Configure → Product Options → Contour/Color Fill Options, and within the dialog there is a pulldown that lets the user set either screen or printer colors. In the $ATCFINC/colorfls directory there are separate files for each parameter/aid for screen colors (filenames screen.PARAM) and printer colors (printer.PARAM), and also default screen and printer colors files (with filenames beginning with “dscreen” and “dprinter” respectively). Here PARAM is a combination of the model (from GRIBprocidlst.dat), GRIB parameter ID (from GRIBfieldlst.dat), and level. For example, UKMO0330500 would be model UKMET, GRIB parameter ID 033 (mb-wind u component), level 0500 (500 mb). A typical colorfls file is shown below.
-8
0 3026615
8 11711231
9 13432268
17 30464
26 14408448
34 14352384
35 15702523
39 8126604
-40.000000 2.000000 40.000000
-8
0 14211327
8 2434450
9 10087577
17 38144
26 117440256
35 14352384
36 16239869
44 10158255
-40.000000 4.000000 140.000000
0 117440512
0 117440512
The structure of these files is as follows:
Line 1 is the number of colors, expressed as a negative integer (e.g. -8 = 8 colors).
The next lines (the number of lines corresponds to the number of colors from line 1) are the color definitions. Each line contains two values, position and color. Position indicates the position of this color within the color continuum as shown in the Choose Position section of the Color Fill Settings Dialog. The number of colors in the continuum is based on the start, step, and end values set in the dialog. In the example, there are 40 values (0-39) in the color continuum. When discontinuous positions are assigned (e.g. 0 and 8 in the example), the steps in between are filled with a progression of colors between the two assigned colors.
Following the color definition lines is a line showing the start, step, and end values for the color contours. In the example, these are a start value of -40, step of 2, and end value of 40 (thus there are 40 values in the color continuum).
The next section repeats the number of colors, color definitions, and start, step, and end values. The repeat is for the alternate set of colors.
The last two lines in the file are the “below” color and the “above” color. The first number is 1 (on) or 2 (off) to indicate whether the value will actually be shown, and the second is the color value. In the plot, values below the start value will be displayed in the “below” color if it is turned on, likewise values above the end value will be displayed in the “above” color if it is turned on. In the example, neither will be displayed.
The techlist.dat file contains the Objective Aids Master List for the installation. A partial example is shown below.
NUM TECH ERRS RETIRED COLOR DEFAULTS INT-DEFS RADII-DEFS LONG-NAME 00 CARQ 0 0 0 0 0 1 Combined ARQ Position 00 WRNG 0 0 0 0 0 1 Warning 03 JTWC 0 0 21 1 1 1 JTWC official forecast 03 CONW 1 0 16 1 0 1 Consensus; AVNI, EGRI, ECMI, GFNI, JGSI, NGPI, TCLI, WBAI 67 AFWI 0 0 14 1 0 1 AFWA MM5 (NHC Interpolator) 03 AVNI 1 0 13 1 0 1 NCEP AVN TC vortex tracker (NHC interpolator) 15 COWI 0 0 14 1 0 1 COAMPS Western Pacific (NHC interpolator) 03 EGRI 1 0 0 1 1 1 Bracknell (NHC interpolator) 03 ECMI 0 0 17 1 1 1 ECMWF model (Interpolated) 03 ECM2 1 0 17 1 1 1 ECMWF model (Interpolated 12 hours) 03 ECM3 0 0 17 1 1 1 ECMWF model (Interpolated 18 hours) Capability added 12Aug08 to incrs CONW members 03 ECM4 0 0 17 1 1 1 ECMWF model (Interpolated 24 hours) Capability added 12Aug08 to incrs CONW members 03 GFNI 1 0 25 1 1 1 Navy version of GFDL model (NHC interpolator) 03 GF3I 0 0 28 1 0 1 Experimental 1-D Coupled GFDN (NHC Interpolator) 03 JTWI 0 0 28 1 1 1 JTWC Interpolated Forecast 03 JGSI 0 0 51 1 1 1 JGSM (NHC interpolator from ATCF JGSM) 03 JTYI 0 0 51 1 1 1 JTYM (NHC interpolator) 03 NGPI 1 0 28 1 0 1 NOGAPS tc vortex tracker (NHC interpolator) 03 NGP2 0 0 28 1 0 1 NOGAPS tc vortex tracker (NHC interpolator) 03 UKX 0 0 5 0 0 1 UKMET [GFS tracker] 03 UKXI 0 0 5 0 0 1 UKMET [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 06 hours) 03 UKX2 0 0 5 0 0 1 UKMET [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 12 hours) 03 NGX 0 0 14 0 0 1 NOGAPS [GFS tracker] 03 NGXI 0 0 14 0 0 1 NOGAPS [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 06 hours) 03 NGX2 0 0 14 0 0 1 NOGAPS [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 12 hours) 03 EMX 0 0 6 0 0 1 ECMWF model [GFS tracker] 03 EMXI 0 0 6 1 0 1 ECMWF model [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 06 hours) 03 EMX2 0 0 6 1 0 1 ECMWF model [GFS tracker] (Interpolated 12 hours) 50 TCLI 1 0 20 1 1 1 TC LAPS (NHC Interpolator) 03 WBAI 1 0 57 1 0 1 Harry Weber model interpolated 67 AFW2 0 0 14 1 0 1 AFWA MM5 (NHC Interpolator)(2nd interpolation) 03 AVN2 0 0 13 1 1 1 NCEP AVN TC vortex tracker (NHC interpolator)(2nd interpolation) 15 COW2 0 0 14 1 1 1 COAMPS Western Pacific (NHC interpolator)(2nd interpolation)
Following the header, there is one line per aid. The format is as follows:
Columns 1-3: NUM = the objective aids technique sorting number, used by mrgadeck in sorting the a-deck. This will always be 00 for CARQs and Warnings; for any other aids, the number is basically irrelevant.
Columns 5-8: TECH = the technique identifier.
Column 12: ERR = a switch that determines whether the aid will be included in the triangle table statistics. This is set in the End of Year Triangle Table dialog within ATCF (Statistics → Triangle Tables…). A 1 in this column means the aid will be included in the triangle table statistics, a 0 means it will not.
Column 19: UNUSED: Indicates whether the aid is displayed in selection dialogs. A 1 means it won’t show up in the selection dialogs, a 0 means it does appear.
Columns 24-25: COLOR: The color number (from colortable.dat) in which this aid will be displayed.
Column 32: DEFAULTS = an indicator of whether this aid is selected by default in the objective aid track dialogs (1 if it is, 0 if it is not). This is set in the Change Objective Aids Defaults Dialog (Configure → Change Objective Aids Defaults…).
Column 41: INT-DEFS = an indicator of whether this aid is included in the defaults in the Forecast Intensity dialog (1 if it is, 0 if it is not).
Column 51: RAD-DEFS = an indicator of whether this aid is included in the defaults in the Forecast Wind Radii dialog (1 if it is, 0 if it is not).
Columns 58-67: LONG-NAME = the long name of the aid, used for displaying the objective aid on the map.
Columns 69-end: A description of the aid.
The techlist.dat file should only be edited by the System Administrator as the formatting is critical. ATCF provides a means to edit the file through the path Configure → Edit Objective Aids Master List… which opens the file in an edit window.
ATCF also provides a means to have alternative techlist.dat files for different functions. The main file may be edited and saved as a new file (e.g. techlist.dat.intensity). The file currently in use may be selected through the Specify techlist file… function in the Aids menu.
The $ATCFINC/GRIBfieldlst.dat file is a lookup table to determine the catalog number of specific GRIB data. Part of a typical GRIBfieldlst.dat file is shown below.
This file is a lookup table to determine the cat. number of specific GRIB data. The fields are: GRIB parameter number (see GRIB documentation table 2), GRIB center, to be used for params 128-254, params defined by originating center, GRIB level type (see GRIB documentation table 3), GRIB first level, (FNMOC) catalog number, data type description, units. Note, grib parameter type 11 is really in Kelvin but ATCF converts it to Celsius. Note, grib parameter type 100 is really in Meters but ATCF converts it to Feet. DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT TWO LINES -- ATCF depends on them. START_OF_DATA: param center lvl_type lvl_1 cat_no description units 100 58 1 0 B53 SIG_WAVE_HT (FT) 2 999 1 0 A01 SFC_PRS (MBS) 2 999 102 0 A01 SFC_PRS (MBS) 7 999 100 1000 C00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 925 R00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 850 D00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 700 E00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 500 F00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 400 G00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 300 H00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 250 T00 MB_HT (M) 7 999 100 200 I00 MB_HT (M) 11 999 100 1000 C10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 925 R10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 850 D10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 700 E10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 500 F10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 400 G10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 300 H10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 250 T10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 100 200 I10 MB_TEMP (C) 11 999 1 9999 B10 SST (C) 33 999 1 9999 A29 SFC_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 1 9999 A30 SFC_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 1000 C20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 925 R20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 850 D20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 700 E20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 500 F20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 400 G20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 300 H20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 250 T20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 33 999 100 200 I20 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 1000 C21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 925 R21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 850 D21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 700 E21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 500 F21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 400 G21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 300 H21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 250 T21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 34 999 100 200 I21 MB_WND (KNOTS) 193 52 1 0 B81 34_kt_cumulative_ (%) 194 52 1 0 B82 50_kt_cumulative_ (%) 195 52 1 0 B83 64_kt_cumulative_ (%) 198 52 1 0 B84 34_kt_incremental_ (%) 199 52 1 0 B85 50_kt_incremental_ (%) 200 52 1 0 B86 64_kt_incremental_ (%) 214 58 100 9999 Z85 DEEP_LAYER_MEAN_WIND (KNOTS) 215 58 100 9999 Z85 DEEP_LAYER_MEAN_WIND (KNOTS) 216 58 100 9999 Z88 TROP_LAYER_SHEAR_WIND (KNOTS) 217 58 100 9999 Z88 TROP_LAYER_SHEAR_WIND (KNOTS) 254 9 1 0 B80 OCEAN_HEAT_CONTENT (KJ/cm**2)
The fields in the file are explained in the header. This file is used by ATCF in conjunction with the GRIBprocidlst.dat file (see below) to determine how to display GRIB data.
The $ATCFINC/GRIBprocidlst.dat file cross-references the Center ID and Process ID of a GRIB file to the relevant FNMOC Fleet Applications (FLAPS) character. A sample GRIBprocidlst.dat file is shown below.
This file is a lookup table to determine the modelname/flaps of specific GRIB data. The fields are: originating/generating center id (see GRIB documentation table 0), generating process id (allocated by originating center), model name or source of the data, flaps. DO NOT DELETE THE NEXT TWO LINES -- ATCF depends on them. START_OF_DATA: center process modelname flaps 1 95 TCLAPS Z 1 100 TXLAPS Y 7 96 GFS W 4 44 GFS-input_data W 9 31 NOAA-AOML W 34 4 JMA J 57 10 MM5 M 52 30 wnd_prblty 58 42 GASP A 58 13 GFS N 58 58 NOGAPS 58 83 GOXM X 58 48 ECMWF E 58 17 WaveWatch_III G 58 76 GFDN F 58 90 COAMPS_WP C 58 60 COAMPS_EP C 58 62 COAMPS_WATL C 58 127 COAMPS_NIO C 58 128 COAMPS_SE_AUST C 74 15 UKMET U 74 45 UKMET U
The fields in the file are explained in the header. This file is used by ATCF in conjunction with the GRIBfieldlst.dat file (see above) to determine how to display GRIB data.
The table below shows preferences files that are created or may be edited through the ATCF user interface. These files reside in the $ATCFINC directory. The table gives the filename, a brief description of the contents, and the menu option in ATCF where the file is created or edited.
Table 4. Preference Files Created/Edited in ATCF
|
File Name |
Contents |
Where Created/Edited |
|
atcftemplate.prefs |
Defaults for displaying forecast information |
Configure → Change Forecast Template Information |
|
*.aids> |
Objective aids profile data, used to define alternate sets of aids defaults. |
Aids → Display Objective Aids… → Save New Profile or Delete Profile |
|
cpa.loc |
Location data to which CPAs will be calculated |
Configure → Change CPA Locations |
|
fixerror.prefs |
Fix types and sites designated as research or experimental fixes |
Configure → Change fixerr.prefs information |
|
fixsites.dat |
Fix sites used for entering and displaying satellite fixes and computing error statistics |
Configure → Change Fix Sites Information |
|
fixtypes.dat |
Fix type information used for displaying fixes and computing error statistics |
Configure → Change Fix Types Information |
|
gust.dat |
Wind gust information to be reported for various sustained wind speeds – specific to each site. |
Configure → Change Gust Conversions |
|
names.lst |
Geography label information |
Configure → Change Geography Labels |
|
stmodel.dat |
Toggles for data to be displayed in each station model |
Configure → Change Station Model Information |