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[CONDUIT #DYD-390666]: 20081022: follow-up to Unidata User's Committee CONDU IT survey

Hi Mike,

I apologize for not responding to you yesterday when I first saw your inquiry.
I started an answer, but was sidetracked by a slew of other issues two of
which directly relate to your message.

> Tom and CONDUIT Community,

Unfortunately, your post did not get delivered to the address@hidden
email list.  We had instituted some new spam filtering for the lists we maintain
(we are getting _hammered_ by spam!), and it had the unintended effect of 
categorizing
all posts as spam.  So the good news was that no spam was sent to the lists.  
The
bad news was that no messages were sent to the lists.  The follow-up good news
was that only three valid messages were rejected; yours was the one that alerted
me to the problem.  Hopefully, this problem is now fixed (Jen has been working 
on
this all morning).

So, can you repost your message to the address@hidden email list?

> Am I the only one who depends on the NAM 40 KM stuff? This is the
> "awip3d" I believe.

Yes, it is the awip3d grid.  If the responses we received to Bill Gallus'
survey last May/June are any indication of if folks are using the grid, you
would be the only one actively using it.  However, after my post we received two
emails related to the 40 km NAM CONUS grid.  I think your approach of sending
a follow-up question to the CONDUIT list is the best way to see if folks
really do or don't use this grid.

> Most of our outreach/teaching visualization is
> based on this grid. In addition, I relay to the NAM212 to a
> downstream site, which depends on it.

This is important to know.

> Anyhow, I thought I would throw in my .02 cents in case it's not to
> late, or in case others have the same concerns.

Thanks for the input!

> PS, which current CONDUIT grid could be used in place of the NAM212?
> My NAM218 (awip12) does not have the vertical levels. I'm sure I'm
> missing something...thanks.

I am scrambling to learn as much as I can about the various models so
that I can better serve as the UCP liason to NCEP for CONDUIT issues
(Chiz was the master, and we all relied on his expertise in these matters).

Questions:

- are you sure that the NAM 218 grid does not satisfy your needs?  NAM218
  is 12 km, so the resolution is certainly there, and the areal coverage
  is much greater than the NAM212 40 km

- what specifically are you using the NAM 40 km grid for?  This will help
  us to investigate to see if one of the other grids in CONDUIT or
  NGRID would be a good substitute for you.

- the same sort of questions apply to the site you are feeding downstream

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DYD-390666
Department: Support CONDUIT
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed