Package ucar.unidata.metdata

Class Metar

java.lang.Object

ucar.unidata.metdata.StationOb

ucar.unidata.metdata.Metar

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Metar
extends StationOb

Abstraction for surface observations. TODO: push exceptions back down to decoder decoder uses ByteString directly.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Glenn Davis

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ucar.unidata.metdata.StationOb

ensemble

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Metar(Station stn, Timestamp timestamp, Ensemble ensemble, ByteString text, WMOHeader wmoHeader)	Create a new Metar

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
StringBuffer	format(StringBuffer buf)	Format this Metar for toString()
Value	getAltimeterSetting()	Get the Altimeter setting for this metar
Value	getCeiling()	Get the ceiling value
Value	getDewPoint()	Get the dewpoint value.
Value	getSkyCoverage()	Get the sky coverage
Value	getTemperature()	Get the temperature
ByteString	getText()	Get the raw METAR text
Value	getVerticalVisibility()	Get the vertical visibility value
Value	getWindDirection()	Get the wind direction.
Value	getWindSpeed()	Get the wind speed.
String	toString()	Return a formatted string representation for this Metar.

Methods inherited from class ucar.unidata.metdata.StationOb

getEnsemble, getStation, getStationIdentifier, getTimestamp

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Metar

public Metar(Station stn,
 Timestamp timestamp,
 Ensemble ensemble,
 ByteString text,
 WMOHeader wmoHeader)

Create a new Metar

Parameters:

stn - the Station

timestamp - the time

ensemble - the decoded values

text - the raw text

wmoHeader - the WMO header

Method Details

getText

public ByteString getText()

Get the raw METAR text

Returns:

the raw data

getAltimeterSetting

public Value getAltimeterSetting()

Get the Altimeter setting for this metar

Returns:

altimeter setting Value

getCeiling

public Value getCeiling()

Get the ceiling value

Returns:

the ceiling value

getDewPoint

public Value getDewPoint()

Get the dewpoint value.

Returns:

the dewpoint value

getSkyCoverage

public Value getSkyCoverage()

Get the sky coverage

Returns:

the sky coverage Value

getTemperature

public Value getTemperature()

Get the temperature

Returns:

the temperature Value

getVerticalVisibility

public Value getVerticalVisibility()

Get the vertical visibility value

Returns:

the vertical visibility Value

getWindDirection

public Value getWindDirection()

Get the wind direction.

Returns:

wind direction Value

getWindSpeed

public Value getWindSpeed()

Get the wind speed.

Returns:

wind speed Value

format

public StringBuffer format(StringBuffer buf)

Format this Metar for toString()

Parameters:

buf - buffer for output format

Returns:

buf with formatted info

toString

public String toString()

Return a formatted string representation for this Metar.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

formatted string representation