RE: 20030811:BADC IDD feeds

Hi Kevin,

Great news!

I am at home today with some sick children, so it would be easier if I
could start up the CONDUIT feed tomorrow...I'll let you know when the
allow is in place for westerly.

Cheers,

Jeff
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Marsh, AKP (Kevin)  wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
> Good to hear from you & glad it's working ok! Accourding to our sysadmin,
> the time on westerly is synchronised to a local time server using a cron
> process... we can change this if you advise us to.
> I can try to ingest the CONDUIT data anytime now,
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden]
> Sent: 26 September 2003 19:36
> To: Marsh, AKP (Kevin)
> Cc: 'address@hidden'
> Subject: RE: 20030811:BADC IDD feeds
>
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> Yes, it looks as it should.
>
> It appears as if during this "snapshot" the data was arriving late.
>
> Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil  --->   20030923155447.490 is indicating ~36
> minutes of latency.
>
>
> However, currently it appears as if all the data is arriving in seconds..
>
> Please see:
>
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/chiz/rtstats/siteindex.shtml?westerly.badc
> .rl.ac.uk
>
> For real time stats on latency, volume, etc....
>
> The sawtouth jumps indicate clock re-sets/drift..are you using NTP?
>
> Let me know when you are ready to ingest the CONDUIT (NCEPH) high res
> model output.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden        :
> Unidata Program Center                        PH:303-497-8676        :
> University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000  :
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Marsh, AKP (Kevin)  wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeff,
> > Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I finally managed to go
> through
> > the configuration steps for the LDM on westerly.badc.rl.ac.uk to access
> the
> > HDS feeds from atm.geo.nsf.gov.
> > Ldadmin watch gives:
> >
> > ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/900 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155447.490     HDS 12266463
> ZHVS91
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/875 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155447.729     HDS 12266464
> ZHVS85
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/850 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155447.970     HDS 12266465
> ZHVS80
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/800 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:     9498 20030923155448.062     HDS 42983206
> JUSA42
> > KWNO 231400 !bufr/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:     9498 20030923155448.159     HDS 42983208
> JUSA42
> > KWNO 231400 !bufr/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:     5974 20030923155448.188     HDS 42983209
> JUSA42
> > KWNO 231400 !bufr/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155448.210     HDS 12266466
> ZHVS82
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/825 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:     9126 20030923155448.238     HDS 42983210
> JUSA42
> > KWNO 231400 !bufr/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155448.449     HDS 12266467
> ZHVS75
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/750 mb/
> > Sep 23 16:31:30 pqutil:    22430 20030923155448.690     HDS 12266468
> ZHVS72
> > KWBE 231200 /mETA_84 !grib/ncep/ETA_84/#216/200309231200/F057/HGT/725
> > mb/
> >
> > -does this look ok to you?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kevin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: 15 August 2003 20:26
> > To: Marsh, AKP (Kevin) ; Linda Miller; Tom Yoksas
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: RE: 20030811:BADC IDD feeds
> >
> >
> > Kevin,
> >
> > Thank you for your patience, we just want to make sure we are not
> violating
> > any agreements or conditions...
> >
> > We have placed an allow for the HDS feed from our machine at the NSF:
> >
> > atm.geo.nsf.gov
> >
> > For your machine:
> >
> > westerly.badc.rl.ac.uk
> >
> > Once we have successfully ingested this stream we will move up to CONDUIT,
> > which contains much greater volume than the HDS feed and will provide an
> > even better test of the LDM/IDD capabilities for transmission of these
> large
> > products across the Atlantic.
> >
> > I suspect we will desire to sub-set the CONDUIT (NCEPH) so that you ingest
> > only the global model runs, but I will let you make that decision as we do
> > not know where your research is focused.
> >
> > I saw that after the heat wave, came a few twisters.. quite anomolous
> > weather for the UK!!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Jeff
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden        :
> > Unidata Program Center                        PH:303-497-8676        :
> > University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000  :
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Marsh, AKP (Kevin)  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Jeff,
> > >   Thanks for your reply (I wasn't sure if my emails had made it past
> > > our mail server :-) ). We were enjoying the heat for the first few
> > > days, but the past week has been too much & we are hoping for a return
> > > to our usual rainy conditions (so we can have something else to
> > > complain about!).
> > >
> > > The following may be of assistance. There is background information
> > > about the BADC at http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/home/about.html . We are a UK
> > > Government funded data centre which provides data to a large number of
> > > academic researchers for strictly non-commercial work. Some of the
> > > datasets (such as those from the UK Met Office & ECMWF) require the
> > > users to sign a condition of use form, agreeing to this.
> > >
> > > If you need any more information, please get in touch,
> > > Thanks
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden]
> > > Sent: 11 August 2003 22:45
> > > To: Marsh, AKP (Kevin)
> > > Cc: Linda Miller; Tom Yoksas
> > > Subject: 20030811:BADC IDD feeds
> > >
> > >
> > > Kevin,
> > >
> > > I am in receipt of your phone message earlier this morning.
> > >
> > > Enjoying the heat......?
> > >
> > > Apologies for the delay, we are working out some concerns regarding
> > > data delivery.
> > >
> > > The issue at hand is regarding WMO Resolution 40:
> > >
> > > http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/wmocovr.htm#contents
> > >
> > > specifically re-introducing data back to the country of origin.
> > >
> > > The way I read it, if it is for education or research, it is wide
> > > open.
> > >
> > > We are just wrangling through some legalese to allow you access to our
> > > data stream.
> > >
> > > The HDS feed includes data from ECMWF and UKMet, which is what is
> > > raising the caution flag...please afford us a tad of patience as we
> > > work through this.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Jeff Weber                                    address@hidden        :
> > > Unidata Program Center                        PH:303-497-8676        :
> > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research      3300 Mitchell Ln       :
> > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber      Boulder,Co 80307-3000  :
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Marsh, AKP (Kevin)  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Unidata,
> > > > I work in the British Atmospheric Data Centre, at the Rutherford
> > > > Appleton Laboratory in the UK. We are interested in testing your LDM
> > > > software as a tool for obtaining data to to the academic research
> > > > community. We would like to test our LDM installation on
> > > > westerly.badc.rl.ac.uk using an upstream feed, and then investigate
> > > > the use of LDM to extract data from the UK Met Office (perhaps as a
> > > > UK IDD centre). Could you please tell me who the upstream feed will
> > > > be. Our site information is:
> > > >
> > > > *       Site Name  British Atmospheric Data Centre, RAL, Oxford, UK
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *       Site Administrator Kevin Marsh
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *       Email Address address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *       Phone Number +44 (0)1235 446521
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *       Fully Qualified Hostname of the IDD Node (i.e., the computer 
> > > > that
> > > > will run the LDM) westerly.badc.rl.ac.uk (130.246.191.167)
> > > >
> > > > Please contact me if you require further information,
> > > > Many Thanks,
> > > > Kevin Marsh
> > > > BADC
> > > >
> > >
> >
>