Describe the Enhancement

ascii2nc generates the output with grib code for some data set (like little_r input). It would be nice to convert the grid code the variable name by using the configuration file like point2grid does

point2grid ascii2nc_output_from_little_r G212 -field 'name="TMP"; level="(*)";'

point2grid does not find "TMP" values because the temperature data saved with the grib code "11". The point2grid has a mapping between the grib code and the variable name. If there is no data from the variable name, point2grid can collect the obs data by using the grib code the var_name_map.

For above case:

• Collect data by using variable name
• If no data and the input data uses the GRIB code, find the matching GRIB code from var_name_map.
• If the matching GRIB code exists, collect data by using the GRIB code.

default configuration for point2grid:
var_name_map = [
{ key = "1"; val = "PRES"; }, // GRIB: Pressure
{ key = "2"; val = "PRMSL"; }, // GRIB: Pressure reduced to MSL
{ key = "7"; val = "HGT"; }, // GRIB: Geopotential height
{ key = "11"; val = "TMP"; }, // GRIB: Temperature
...
]

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