IDGROUP

ID group utility.

Formats

IDGROUP ADD name [keywords]
IDGROUP COMP name [keywords]
IDGROUP DEL name [keywords]
IDGROUP LIST name [keywords]
IDGROUP SAVE name [keywords]

Parameters

ADD	adds stations to an existing group or creates a new group
COMP	compresses the file after many groups are altered; deletes groups not marked as permanent
DEL	deletes stations from an existing group or deletes an entire group
LIST	lists stations in a group or all defined groups
SAVE	sets the save flag for a group or country
name	name of the group to update; 12 characters maximum (no default)

Keywords

DEC=	decoder types; use with the ADD option
GROUP=	group containing stations to add to the group specified in the name parameter; use with the ADD option
ID=	id1 . . idN	stations to add to or delete from a group
LAT=	min max	latitude boundaries of a group
LON=	min max	longitude boundaries of a group
SAVE=	P	creates a permanent group
	T	creates a temporary group
TYPE=	COUNTRY	performs an operation on a country
	GROUP	performs an operation on a group (default)

Remarks

IDGROUP is a utility for creating and editing groups of stations used with rapid text accessing applications.

You can only delete stations from a group you created.

The LAT and LON keywords are only valid when creating ID groups for the first time.

If the ID or GROUP keyword is not specified with the ADD option, IDGROUP scans the entire station database (STNDB.* files) to find stations matching either the state or country header. Valid decoder names for the DEC keyword are SAOMETAR, RAOB, FOUS14, SYNOPTIC and TERMFCST.

You can add up to 20 stations at a time using the ADD option with the ID keyword.

IDGROUP appends a zero to all WMO station block numbers with five digits.

Examples

IDGROUP ADD NH

This entry creates the group NH which contains all the stations in New Hampshire.

IDGROUP ADD GM TYPE=COUNTRY

This entry creates the country GM which contains all stations in Gambia.

IDGROUP ADD FRED ID=MSN MEM MSP 72645 72532 SEA SAC SFO

This entry creates a group named FRED containing eight stations.

IDGROUP ADD FRED ID=EGLL UUEE 26216 GROUP=NH

This entry adds stations EGLL, UUEE, 26216 and all the stations in group NH to the group FRED.

IDGROUP LIST

This entry lists all defined groups.

IDGROUP LIST FRED

This entry lists all the stations in the group FRED.

IDGROUP DEL FRED ID=UUEE 72645

This entry deletes Moscow and Green Bay from the group FRED.

IDGROUP ADD MIDWESTSFC LAT=35 50 LON=85 100 DEC=SAOMETAR SYNOPTIC

This entry creates the group named MIDWESTSFC which contains all stations between 35° and 50° N and 85° and 100° W reporting either surface hourly data or synoptic reports.