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Re: description of NAM

Hi Geoff,

No, no buses. Thanks for the info.

Yes, the Best Time Series does seem to be a popular view of the data.
Once we start getting the data, we'll make it available as Best Time Series.

Thanks,

Ethan

On 12/5/2011 12:04 PM, Geoff DiMego wrote:
> OK that is probably correct and I am jumping the gun.  We wanted FWIS to
> go onto CONDUIT first to get the IMET folks started making the
> connections to/thru FXNET.  This would mean the other 4 fixed location
> nests would have to come later.  I hope I didn't throw anybody under the
> proverbial bus.
> 
> That said, I do think what Rich would be able to use most often are Best
> Time Series from the nests which are fixed and provide guidance out to
> 60 hours.
> 
> On 12/5/2011 1:13 PM, Ethan Davis wrote:
>> Hi Geoff,
>>
>> Right. Sorry, I missed that detail and jumped right to FWIS for some
>> reason.
>>
>> We aren't getting the new NAM nest data (4km CONUS, 6km AK, etc.) on our
>> server. I checked with Tom Yoksas and he said it isn't on CONDUIT yet.
>> Linda, do you know the status of that data for CONDUIT? Becky Cosgrove's
>> presentation to the User Committee mentions that data on a "Recent Model
>> Additions" slide but I don't recall the details.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ethan
>>
>> On 12/2/2011 12:37 PM, Geoff DiMego wrote:
>>> Ethan - thanks for doing the update on NAM documentation.
>>>
>>> I think what Rich was asking for are Best Time Series for the fixed
>>> domain NAM nests, not the FWIS which as you say can be and often are in
>>> different places each run.
>>>
>>> On 12/1/2011 4:06 PM, Ethan Davis wrote:
>>>> Hi Geoff,
>>>>
>>>> I've made the documentation changes you requested to the underlying
>>>> files. I will push them out to our server shortly.
>>>>
>>>> The "Best Time Series" aggregation is generated by our FMRC (Forecast
>>>> Model Run Collection) aggregation. The FMRC takes a time series of runs
>>>> from a given model and creates several virtual aggregated datasets
>>>> including a 2 time dimension, 5-D dataset and several datasets with a
>>>> single time dimension. This AGU poster describes the different single
>>>> time dimension datasets
>>>>
>>>> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/caron/presentations/FmrcPoster.pdf
>>>>
>>>> For all the NCEP model data we serve
>>>> (http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/idd/models.html ), the
>>>> underlying data is the GRIB data we get from NOAAPORT and CONDUIT. We
>>>> read from those data files (for which we have built indexes) to satisfy
>>>> requests for data from the virtual datasets.
>>>>
>>>> Since the spatial domain of the FWIS can change for each run, we won't
>>>> be able to do a full FMRC aggregation. Each FMRC aggregation expects
>>>> all
>>>> the data for each run of the model to be on the same grid. So, we can
>>>> serve the data from each FWIS run on its own. But we'll have to think
>>>> about what else it makes sense to do, e.g., "Best Time Series". I'll
>>>> touch base with Rich and ask what he is trying to do with the data, how
>>>> he would like to access it.
>>>>
>>>> Geoff, can you explain how the location of each FWIS run is determined?
>>>> Is it an automated process? Or does someone/group decide? Also, are
>>>> there times when the location stays the same across runs? Is the
>>>> information on the domain for each run available somewhere besides the
>>>> grid description in the resulting GRIB files?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ethan
>>>>
>>>> On 12/1/2011 7:51 AM, Linda Miller wrote:
>>>>> Hi Geoff,
>>>>>
>>>>> Comments inline below.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/1/2011 7:31 AM, Geoff DiMego wrote:
>>>>>> Linda;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope all is going well for you and yours especially now that the
>>>>>> hectic holiday season is upon us ^_^
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I hate to be a bother, but I have a favor (yes ANOTHER one!) and a
>>>>>> question to ask.
>>>>> No apologies needed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A USGS user had asked me whether we would be making "Best Time
>>>>>> Series"
>>>>>> aggregations for the new NAM nests (4 km CONUS, 6 km Alaska, 3 km
>>>>>> Hawaii&   3 km Puerto Rico-Hispaniola).  I pleaded ignorance.  He
>>>>>> pointed me at
>>>>>> http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/catalog/fmrc/NCEP/NAM/CONUS_12km/catalog.html?dataset=fmrc/NCEP/NAM/CONUS_12km/NCEP-NAM-CONUS_12km-noaaport_best.ncd
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> which I admit I was unaware of - my bad, but I recognize the unique&
>>>>>> useful aspect of this product which you are constructing.
>>>>>
>>>>> If  you ever get to Boulder, you should plan to visit Unidata.  We
>>>>> could
>>>>> bring you up to speed with what;s going  on here.  You might find some
>>>>> of the projects of interest to NCEP.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The favor is to update the 3rd Summary bullet under Documentation to:
>>>>>> NCEP Nonhydrostatic Multiscale Model on B-grid (NMMB) running in the
>>>>>> NOAA Environmental Modeling System (NEMS) infrastructure, and
>>>>>> Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) analysis.  You could also
>>>>>> add a bullet called NCEP Analysis documentaton / tutorial and link it
>>>>>> to http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/tutorials/11_2.php .
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure we can do that.  I've cc'd Doug Dirks and Ethan Davis who can
>>>>> check it out and make the appropriate edits.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question comes from the one the USGS guy asked: are you
>>>>>> planning to
>>>>>> aggregate Best Time Series for the new NAM nests?
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll bet the "USGS guy" is Rich Signell, who is a liaison to our Users
>>>>> Committee.  He definitely keeps us on our toes.  I'll defer your
>>>>> question to Ethan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope  your holidays are joyful!
>>>>>
>>>>> Linda
>>>>>
>>>>
>>

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Ethan Davis                                       UCAR Unidata Program
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