Run Verification Software
After the model output is post-processed with UPP, it is run through the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) software to quantify its performance relative to observations. State variables, including temperature, dewpoint, and wind, are verified against both surface and upper-air point observations, while precipitation is verified against a gridded analysis.
SELECT THE APPROPRIATE CONTAINER INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR SYSTEM BELOW:
Using the previously downloaded data (in ${PROJ_DIR}/data), while pointing to the output in the local scripts and postprd directories, run the dtcenter/met container to run the verification software in docker-space and map the statistical output into the local metprd directory:
-v ${PROJ_DIR}/data:/data \
-v ${PROJ_DIR}/container-dtc-nwp/components/scripts/common:/home/scripts/common \
-v ${PROJ_DIR}/container-dtc-nwp/components/scripts/snow_20160123:/home/scripts/case \
-v ${CASE_DIR}/postprd:/home/postprd -v ${CASE_DIR}/metprd:/home/metprd \
--name run-snow-met dtcenter/nwp-container-met:${PROJ_VERSION} /home/scripts/common/run_met.ksh
MET will write a variety of ASCII and netCDF output files to the local metprd/. Please review the contents of the directories: grid_stat, pb2nc, pcp_combine, and point_stat, to interrogate the data.
grid_stat/grid_stat*.stat
pb2nc/prepbufr*.nc
pcp_combine/ST2*.nc
pcp_combine/wrfprs*.nc
point_stat/point_stat*.stat
Using the previously downloaded data (in ${PROJ_DIR}/data), while pointing to the output in the local scripts and postprd directories, create a container using the nwp-container-met image to run the verification software in singularity-space and map the statistical output into the local metprd directory:
MET will write a variety of ASCII and netCDF output files to the local metprd/. Please review the contents of the directories: grid_stat, pb2nc, pcp_combine, and point_stat, to interrogate the data.
grid_stat/grid_stat*.stat
pb2nc/prepbufr*.nc
pcp_combine/ST2*.nc
pcp_combine/wrfprs*.nc
point_stat/point_stat*.stat