Verify Environment is Set Correctly

Run the Tutorial Setup Script

Navigate to your METplus tutorial directory and source the environment file to apply the settings to the current shell. Each time you log in, you will have to source this file again.

In the following instructions, change "/path/to" to the path to your tutorial directory. EDIT AFTER COPYING and BEFORE HITTING RETURN!

cd /path/to/METplus-5.0.0_Tutorial

source METplus-5.0.0_TutorialSetup.sh

The tutorial setup script sets the paths for METPLUS_TUTORIAL_DIR, METPLUS_BUILD_BASE, MET_BUILD_BASE, and METPLUS_DATA. It also appends the $PATH environment variable to include the directory where the METplus scripts are located. If necessary, it may also load modules needed for the METplus software to run correctly.

Check Path

Make sure that all of the environment variables are set to the appropriate values and that the path is set up to locate the METplus components.

Run the 'which run_metplus.py' command.

If you did everything correctly, the full path displayed should be the script in the shared location, ${METPLUS_BUILD_BASE}:

which run_metplus.py

Run the 'point_stat' command without any arguments.

This should display the usage information for the application.

point_stat

You should see the usage statement for Point-Stat. The version number listed should correspond to the version listed in MET_BUILD_BASE. If it does not, you will need to either reload the met module, or add ${MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin to your PATH.

Check that the environment variables required to run the tutorial instructions are set correctly.

$METPLUS_TUTORIAL_DIR

The directory you created to store all of your tutorial files

echo ${METPLUS_TUTORIAL_DIR}

Example value:

/home/metplus_user/METplus_Tutorial

ls ${METPLUS_TUTORIAL_DIR} -1

Example contents:

METplus-5.0.0_TutorialSetup.sh
output/
tutorial.conf
user_config/

$MET_BUILD_BASE

The directory where MET is installed

echo ${MET_BUILD_BASE}

Example value:

/home/metplus_user/met-11.0.1

ls ${MET_BUILD_BASE} -1

Example contents

bin
share

Note: there may be more files/directories than shown here

Check contents of MET bin directory

ls ${MET_BUILD_BASE}/bin -1

Example contents:

ascii2nc
ensemble_stat
gen_ens_prod
gen_vx_mask
gis_dump_dbf
gis_dump_shp
gis_dump_shx
grid_diag
grid_stat
gsid2mpr
gsidens2orank
ioda2nc
lidar2nc
madis2nc
mode
mode_analysis
modis_regrid
mtd
pb2nc
pcp_combine
plot_data_plane
plot_mode_field
plot_point_obs
point2grid
point_stat
regrid_data_plane
rmw_analysis
series_analysis
shift_data_plane
stat_analysis
tc_dland
tc_gen
tc_pairs
tc_rmw
tc_stat
wavelet_stat
wwmca_plot
wwmca_regrid

$METPLUS_BUILD_BASE

The directory where METplus is installed

echo ${METPLUS_BUILD_BASE}

Example value:

/home/metplus_user/METplus-5.0.1

ls ${METPLUS_BUILD_BASE} -1

Example contents:

build_components
docs
environment.yml
internal
manage_externals
metplus
parm
produtil
pyproject.toml
README.md
requirements.txt
setup.py
ush

$METPLUS_DATA

The directory containing sample input data to use for the tutorial

echo ${METPLUS_DATA}

Example value:

/d1/metplus_user/METplus_Data

ls ${METPLUS_DATA} -1

Example contents:

met_reformat
met_test
model_applications

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