Answers to Exercises from Session 1

These are the answers to the exercises from the previous page. Feel free to ask a MET representative if you have any questions!

ANSWER 1.2: add_rh - Add another field to grid_stat

Instructions: Modify the METplus configuration files to add relative humidity (RH) at pressure levels 500 and 250 (P500 and P250) to the output.

Answer: In the GridStat_add_rh.conf param file, add the following variables to the [config] section.

BOTH_VAR5_NAME = RH
BOTH_VAR5_LEVELS = P500, P250

GRID_STAT_OUTPUT_FLAG_SL1L2 = STAT

ANSWER 1.4: Set Timing Control and Filename Templates to Find Files

Instructions: Review the list of file paths and configure a Example wrapper use case to loop over all of the files.

File Paths (for reference)

/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/00/atmos/gfs.t00z.pgrb2.0p25.f000
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/00/atmos/gfs.t00z.pgrb2.0p25.f001
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/00/atmos/gfs.t00z.pgrb2.0p25.f002
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/00/atmos/gfs.t00z.pgrb2.0p25.f003
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/06/atmos/gfs.t06z.pgrb2.0p25.f000
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/06/atmos/gfs.t06z.pgrb2.0p25.f001
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/06/atmos/gfs.t06z.pgrb2.0p25.f002
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/06/atmos/gfs.t06z.pgrb2.0p25.f003
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/12/atmos/gfs.t12z.pgrb2.0p25.f000
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/12/atmos/gfs.t12z.pgrb2.0p25.f001
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/12/atmos/gfs.t12z.pgrb2.0p25.f002
/scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.20220112/12/atmos/gfs.t12z.pgrb2.0p25.f003

Answer:The configuration file you created should look something like this:

[config]

PROCESS_LIST = Example

LOOP_BY = INIT

INIT_TIME_FMT = %Y%m%d%H
INIT_BEG = 2022011200
INIT_END = 2022011212
INIT_INCREMENT = 6H

LEAD_SEQ = 0,1,2,3

EXAMPLE_INPUT_DIR = /scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod
EXAMPLE_INPUT_TEMPLATE = gfs.{init?fmt=%Y%m%d}/{init?fmt=%H}/atmos/gfs.t{init?fmt=%H}z.pgrb2.0p25.f{lead?fmt=%3H}

The forecast lead sequence could use the begin_end_incr syntax to generate a list of values:

LEAD_SEQ = begin_end_incr(0,3,1)

The full path could be specified in the template variable instead of using the directory variable:

EXAMPLE_INPUT_TEMPLATE = /scratch1/NCEPDEV/rstprod/com/gfs/prod/gfs.{init?fmt=%Y%m%d}/{init?fmt=%H}/atmos/gfs.t{init?fmt=%H}z.pgrb2.0p25.f{lead?fmt=%3H}

cindyhg Tue, 06/25/2019 - 11:44