[Cosmic_announce] Change to CDAAC processing proposed

[Doug Hunt]

Hi all:  We are planning to make a small change to CDAAC processing which 
should be invisible to weather centers, but we would like to notify you 
first.

Currently we do not create BUFR files (bfrPrf) for a certain class of bad 
profiles.  We are proposing to instead create these files, but mark them 
'bad' in the bfrPrf file (the 'percent confidence' in the header set to 
zero).

This will allow us to study this class of 'bad' profiles and perhaps 
understand or even fix them.

This change should not affect any user who currently throws out 
bfrPrf, wetPrf or atmPrf files marked 'bad'.  Regardless of this change, 
weather centers should not use files marked 'bad'.

We plan on making this change in 1-2 weeks unless this proves to be a 
show-stopper for anyone.

Regards,

   Doug Hunt

dhunt at ucar.edu
Software Engineer III
UCAR - COSMIC, Tel. (303) 497-2611