Retrieving Alphanumeric and Graphic Products from the AFOS Database through theBackground Partition

摘要

The programs PRAFOSKEY and GPHARCHIVE allow retrieval from the backgroundpartition of the National Weather Service's (NWS) Automation of Field Operations and Services (AFOS) of locally stored alphanumeric and graphic database products. Any alphanumeric product can be retrieved from the AFOS database by PRAFOSKEY and subsequently stored as a Real Time Disk Operating System (RDOS) file, printed on a line printer or PPM, or both. Any graphic product stored in the AFOS database in the Universal Transmission Format can be retrieved from the database by GPHARCHIVE and also stored as an RDOS file. These graphic files can be displayed on an AFOS Graphic Display Module (GDM).