Verification

The Model Evaluation Tools (MET) package includes many tools for forecast verification. More detailed information about MET can be found at the MET User's Page. The following MET tools are run by the /scripts/common/run_met.ksh shell script:

• PB2NC : pre-processes point observations from PREPBUFR files
• Point-Stat : verifies model output against point observations
• PCP-Combine : modifies precipitation accumulation intervals
• Grid-Stat : verifies model output against gridded analyses

The processing logic for these tools is specified by ASCII configuration files. Take a look at one of these configuration files:

• ${PROJ_DIR}/container-dtc-nwp/components/scripts/sandy_20121027/met_config/PointStatConfig_ADPSFC

Here you could add to or subtract from the list of variables to be verified. You could change the matching observation time window, modify the interpolation method, choose different output statistic line types, or make any number of other modifications. After modifying the MET configuration, rerunning the Docker run command for the verification component will recreate the MET output.