[Dart-users] updates to DART observation converter programs

[Nancy Collins]

hi dart-users,

this note is of interest to anyone using observation
converter programs to generate DART obs_seq files.

i've just committed an update which affects the following
files in the subversion repository:

Added Paths:
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     DART/trunk/observations/utilities/obs_utilities_mod.f90

Removed Paths:
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     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/obs_utilities_mod.f90

Modified Paths:
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     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/work/path_names_convert_madis_acars
     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/work/path_names_convert_madis_marine
     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/work/path_names_convert_madis_mesonet
     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/work/path_names_convert_madis_metar
     DART/trunk/observations/MADIS/work/path_names_convert_madis_rawin
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/ascii_to_obs/create_real_obs.f90
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/ascii_to_obs/create_real_obs.html
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/ascii_to_obs/real_obs_mod.f90
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/ascii_to_obs/work/input.nml
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/ascii_to_obs/work/path_names_create_real_obs
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/prep_bufr/src/prepbufr.f
     DART/trunk/observations/NCEP/prep_bufr/src/prepbufr_03Z.f
     DART/trunk/observations/SSEC/work/path_names_convert_ssec_satwnd
     DART/trunk/observations/gps/work/path_names_convert_cosmic_gps_cdf



Ryan Torn has contributed an enhancement to the prepbufr converter
which gives you the option of creating relative humidity and dewpoint
observations in addition to the existing specific humidity obs.  which
of the three types of moisture obs are generated is controlled by
namelist options; see the updated input.nml in the ascii_to_obs/work
directory.   the default remains the same - specific humidity obs
only will be generated unless you change the namelist.

the other change is that i've finally bitten the bullet and moved the
(generic) obs_utilities_mod.f90 file from the MADIS directory
to the more general 'utilities' directory, since it's being used by
more and more converters and has nothing specific to MADIS in it.
i've updated all the path_names_* files in the repository that used it.
if you have any private converter programs you will need to update
your path_names_* files to point to the new location.
(no change in the code, just the file location).

please email me if you have any questions,
nancy