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>From: Robert Fovell <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200210091811.g99IBN113976 >Hi: > >We are currently receiving the HRS on Idd (using LDM), all from >Unidata. In that stream are some data from NCEP's Eta model runs on >the 212 grid in GRIB format. However, at least for the files we have >identified, the data are incomplete and cannot apparently be used to >initialize and run the MM5 mesoscale model. > >So, instead we are fetching AWIP3D/212 grid GRIB datasets from the >NCEP server. Are these data available through the HRS feed, and >we're not recognizing it? Or do we have to go to a different feed, >like Conduit? > >Thanks much, >Rob > > >-- >Robert G. Fovell, Assoc. Prof., UCLA Atmospheric Sciences >Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565 >E-mail: address@hidden; Office: (310) 206-9956; Fax: (310) 206-5219 >Science home page: http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/ >Night-blooming cereus page: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~rfovell/cereus.html > Robert, The data that NWS provides over NOAAPORT, which is the source of the IDD, is a a subset of the ETA212 grids that are available via the FTP servers (parameters, levels and forcast times). Depending on what levels/parameters you are looking for, your alternative is either FTP or the grids via CONDUIT. Steve Chiswell