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The description of the ARL packed data format is in the PC HYSPLIT help file. A pdf of the file is attached here.

glenn.rolph wrote:The description of the ARL packed data format is in the PC HYSPLIT help file. A pdf of the file is attached here.

if I want to write a ARL packed data,is there a fortran code?
What is the totating checkusm of the packed data meaning?
5PRSS 13 T02M 2 U10M 86 V10M 86 TPP6 84 1000.0 6HGTS189 TEMP 47 UWND201

VWND198 WWND241 RELH 40 925.00 6HGTS120 TEMP148 UWND211 VWND221 WWND181 RELH 2

4 850.00 6HGTS 76 TEMP 70 UWND 12 VWND108 WWND165 RELH 26 700.00 6HGTS 73 TEMP
Is it the integer after var?

You can use one of the PC HYSPLIT utilities for reading and writing meteorological data as a starting point for writing your own program. Try using the chk_data.f program in the /hysplit4/data2arl/source directory of the PC installation of HYSPLIT.