function isok=buoyftp(sta,yy,mm); % BUOYFTP - Get buoy data for a month in ASCII F291 Format % % Input: % sta = Alpha station name (e.g., '46025') % yy = Numeric year (e.g., 2004) % mm = Numeric month (e.g., 10) % % These data come in compressed (.Z) format. % http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/BUOY/46025.html % csherwood@usgs.gov January 31, 2006 isok = 0; fsn = 'ftp.nodc.noaa.gov'; fdn1 = '/pub/f291/' fdn2 = sprintf('%04d%02d',yy,mm) fdn = [fdn1,fdn2]; ffn = sprintf('%s_%04d%02d.Z',sta,yy,mm) f = ftp(fsn,'anonymous','csherwood@usgs.gov'); binary(f); cd(f,fdn); mget(f,ffn); close(f); isok =1; % actually, no tests done