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 ${METPLUS_DATA}/met_test/atcf_data/aal*dat \
-bdeck ${METPLUS_DATA}/met_test/atcf_data/bal*dat \
-config TCPairsConfig_tutorial_run \
-out tc_pairs \
-v 2
-adeck ${METPLUS_DATA}/met_test/atcf_data/aal*dat \
-bdeck ${METPLUS_DATA}/met_test/atcf_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 approximate 20 seconds to run. You should see several status messages printed to the screen to indicate progress.
There should be an output file "tc_pairs.tcst" in the directory, where .tcst stands for TC statistics. The next page will describe what is in the file.
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.
