Answers to Exercises from Session 4
These are the answers to the exercises from the previous page. Feel free to ask a METplus team member if you have any questions!
Instructions: Modify the METplus configuration files to build a 3 hour accumulation instead of a 6 hour accumulation from forecast data using Pcp-Combine in the HREF MEAN vs. MRMS QPE example. Then compare 3 hour accumulations in the forecast and observation data with grid_stat.
Answer: In the user_config/GridStat-ensemble.accum_3hr.conf file, change the following variables in the [config] section:
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Instructions: Modify the METplus configuration files to force Pcp-Combine to use six 1 hour accumulation files instead of one 6 hour accumulation file of observation data in the PHPT vs. StageIV GRIB example.
Answer: In the user_config/GridStat-ensemble.input_1hr.conf file, change the following variable to the [config] section:
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