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Hi GALEON and GSN collaborators, We have another data server with a WCS interface running at Unidata. This one is part of the LEAD (Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery, http://lead.ou.edu/ <http://lead.ou.edu/>) large ITR project. There are many real time observational and forecast products on the server, but not all of them are accessible via WCS. The ones that might be of most interest to the WCS and GSN communities are the output of a high resolution local WRF (Weather Research Forecast) model that is steered to a local region in the continental US where there is a high probability of severe precipitation. In the current configuration the model runs every 6 hours and each run produces hourly forecasts to 30 hours. The THREDDS catalog of the currently available datasets is at: http://lead4.unidata.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/catalog/model/UCAR/UNIDATA/WRFNMM/catalog.html We believe this is the only server where the output of WRF can be obtained in CF-netCDF form (via the WCS and netCDFserver interfaces) so it's a good way to gain experience with WRF output. There is some documentation available via the web interface for each dataset and a pointer to a document describing the algorithm being used to steer the model. Please keep in mind that this is an experimental testbed node for LEAD so things may change over time and the server may not be available when system components are being upgraded, but we feel it is stable enough that adventurous users may want to give it a workout. Of course, we'd like to know if you run into any problems (support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). -- Ben
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