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19990129: mesoeta grids on noaaport

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  • Subject: 19990129: mesoeta grids on noaaport
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:13:36 -0700
David,

You are correct. 

Dan put together a www page with the inventory of NOAAport grids at:
http://weather.unisys.com/noaaport/grib_inventory.html

I can dump out the inventory of 212 and 215 from noaaport vs NCEP
for a product by product comparison of whats common and what
is unique.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support

>From: "David J. Knight" <address@hidden>
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199901291937.MAA05742

>Hi,
>     Ive started taking a closer look at the mesoeta grids
>on noaa port.
>
>I'm matching
>#
># mesoETA grid212 (R) 40km CONUS Lambert
>#
>HRS     ^Y.R... KWBE ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/mETA
>
>and
>
>#
># ETA grid215 (U) 20km CONUS Lambert
>#
>HRS     ^[YZ].U... KWB. ([0-3][0-9])([0-2][0-9]).*/mETA
>
>and sending both through dcgrib.
>
>It appears that the "R" grid has constant pressure data, but
>only at 6 hour intervals, and only to 30 hours.
>
>The U grids have 3 hour forecasts, but, most of the fields
>are surface, or near surface grids. The only pressure level
>data appears to be vorticity.
>
>I haven't been able to find documentation on what *should* be
>available in these grids.
>
>Can you tell me if what I'm getting is all there is in these grids?
>
>If so, perhaps not would be a good time to consider joining
>the CONDIUT project and start getting the mesoeta grids directly
>from NCEP again.
>
>Thanks
>
>David Knight
>Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences   Tel: (518)-442-4204
>SUNYA   ES-228                                 Fax: (518)-442-4494
>Albany, NY  12222                              Email: address@hidden
>