Service Records Retention System (SRRS)
Product Types
Product | Grid/Scale | Period of Record | Model Cycle | Output Timestep | Data Access Links |
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SRRS and NCEP Charts (Images Displayed through Web App) | Various | 01Feb1994–Present | Daily, various cycles | Various | Web App |
SRRS and NCEP Charts (GIF Files) | Various | 01Feb1994–15Jul2006 | Daily, various cycles | Various | FTP HTTPS |
SRRS and NCEP Charts (Daily TAR Files) | Various | 12Apr2005–Present | Daily, various cycles | Various | HAS |
SRRS Text Products | N/A | 26Apr2001–Present | Daily | Various | HAS |
SRRS Binary (GRIB) | Various | 26Apr2001–Present | Daily, various cycles | Various | GDS TDS |
SRRS Binary (BIN and PCX) |
Various | 26Apr2001–Present | Daily, various cycles | Various | FTP HTTPS |
Data Usage Notes
06Jun2016
Newer NCEP Charts, those after 2004, are generally GIF and JPEG image formats, while older charts are in a less widely used 8-bit graphics and DFAX (radio fax charts) formats.
SRRS BIN archive units contain multiple binary clustered file units that consist of a concatenation of various binary formats, the vast majority being GRIBv1, GRIBv2, and BUFR.
The Pictoral (PCX) archive units contain several file units that are concatenated clusters of graphical formats. Unidata's GEMPAK is required to use some of them. Identifing many of these products can be difficult and there is no official documentation. Photoshop and other such programs may or may not be able to identify them.
The untarred form of the BIN and PCX archive units (BIN and PCX file extensions) may be found at the bottom of the individual directory listings through the SRRS Binary (BIN and PCX) access link.
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