From aa43cff812429aecd862abdd9419f01c3fa0195d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philip Lacroix Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2017 23:41:00 +0100 Subject: misc/zyGrib: Updated for version 8.0.1 + new maintainer. Signed-off-by: David Spencer --- misc/zyGrib/README | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) (limited to 'misc/zyGrib/README') diff --git a/misc/zyGrib/README b/misc/zyGrib/README index 426c0d04c9..9e27493cb1 100644 --- a/misc/zyGrib/README +++ b/misc/zyGrib/README @@ -1,20 +1,33 @@ -zyGrib is a Visualization of meteo data from files in GRIB Format 1 +zyGrib is a program to download and visualize meteorological forecast data in +the standard formats GRIB 1 and 2. The available datasets include NOAA-GFS +(weather and wind conditions, above ground and at altitude) and FNMOC-WW3 (wave +conditions). It is possible to create animations from the forecast data of the +selected region and to export them as a set of images. -Available meteo infos (W and CH - *): +The available data include: - Surface Pressure (*) - Wind 10 m above mean sea level (*) - Wind gust (*) - Temperature 2 m above mean sea level (*) - Potential Temperature min - max 2 m above mean sea level - Relative Humidity 2 m above mean sea level (*) - Total Precipitation (mm/h) (*) - Total Cloud Cover (%) (*) - Dew Point 2 m above mean sea level (*) - 0C Isotherm - Snow (Depth - Risk) - CAPE (convective available potential energy) at earth level (*) - Data in altitude (850 (*), 700 (*), 500 (*), 300, 200 hPa) : geopotential - altitude, wind (*), temperature (*), theta-e, relative humidity (*). - Waves : height, direction, period, whitecap probability, for wind waves, - swell, and for significant, maximum, primary, secondary waves. +- Mean sea level pressure +- Wind 10m above surface +- Wind gusts +- Temperature 2m above surface +- Minimum and maximum temperature 2m above surface +- Relative humidity 2m above surface +- Total precipitation (mm/h) +- Cloud cover (%) +- Dew point 2m above surface +- 0 deg C isotherm +- Snow (rain-snow line and snowfall risk) +- CAPE (convective available potential energy) and CIN (convective inhibition) +- Data at altitude (wind, temperature, theta-e, geopotential altitude, relative + humidity) at 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300 and 200 hPa levels +- Atmospheric sounding forecast displayed on SkewT-LogP thermodynamic diagrams +- Waves (height, direction, period, whitecap probability for wind waves, swell, + and for significant, maximum, primary and secondary waves) +- Sea currents (not provided by zyGrib's data server) + +The zyGrib source package ships with the code for Qwt (an extension library for +QT) and NOAA's g2clib (decoder/encoder routines for GRIB 2): both are built +automatically and linked statically: this will not affect already installed +libraries. + +zyGrib is distributed under the GNU GPL, version 3. -- cgit v1.2.3-80-g2a13