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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