TC-Pairs Tool: Run
Next, run TC-Pairs to compare all three ATCF forecast models specified in configuration file to the ATCF format best track analysis. Run the following command line:
tc_pairs \
-adeck /classroom/wrfhelp/MET/OBS/tc_data/aal*dat \
-bdeck /classroom/wrfhelp/MET/OBS/tc_data/bal*dat \
-config TCPairsConfig_tutorial_run \
-out tc_pairs \
-v 2
-adeck /classroom/wrfhelp/MET/OBS/tc_data/aal*dat \
-bdeck /classroom/wrfhelp/MET/OBS/tc_data/bal*dat \
-config TCPairsConfig_tutorial_run \
-out tc_pairs \
-v 2
TC-Pairs is now grabbing the model data we requested in the configuration file, generating the consensus, and performing the additional filtering criteria. It should take only a few minutes to run. You should see several status messages printed to the screen to indicate progress.
If you are running many models over many storms/seasons, it is best to run TC-Pairs using a script to call TC-Pairs for each storm. This avoids potential memory issues when parsing very large datasets.
