The terms defined below are used throughout this manual.
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Term
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Definition
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BUFR
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Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (the WMO standard format for point data)
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client
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workstation that requests and receives data from a server workstation
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data block
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WMO header description and text data
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data monitor
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process that runs one or more decoders
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DDS
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Domestic Data Service
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decoder
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program that converts raw data into McIDAS data files
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GRIB
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GRIdded Binary
(the WMO standard format for gridded data); includes GRIB1 and GRIB2
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GRIB1
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GRIB version 1
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GRIB2
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GRIB version 2
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HRS
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High Resolution data Service
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IDS
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International Data Service
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ingestor |
program that receives data through a communications port |
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MySQL/MariaDB
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free downloadable database that can be used by McIDAS-XCD and the McIDAS GRIB server
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NEXRAD
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NEXt generation weather RADar
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NFS
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Network File System
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PPS
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Public Products data Service
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server
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workstation that stores and supplies data to client workstations
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