[IDV #XNQ-939998]: GFS Best Time Series Problems

> Oh yeah, what is the ETA for fixing the BTS of the GFS and for getting
> the analysis dataset collection on motherlode?  This will help me plan
> for possible bundles to develop for my class later this semester.
> 
> Jim
> 

This will be available in the 4.6 server, but John is the one to make the call 
and he is
out of town till the end of this month.


Yuan
> 
> On 2/12/15 7:33 AM, Jim Steenburgh wrote:
> > Yuan:
> >
> > The reason why I think I'm not geteting 0 hour analyses is that there
> > is 3-hour accumulated precipitation at 1800 UTC, 0000 UTC, etc.  That
> > field should be zero at an analysis time.  At least that's they way it
> > has been historically.  Perhaps it is using a 3-hour forecast rather
> > than a 6-hour forecast, but in any event, it's not grabbing the
> > analysis time as it should.
> >
> > Yes, a proposed analysis dataset collection might help, although if
> > you want something every 3-hours from the NAM or GFS, we still need to
> > find a way to put the 3-h forecasts in there.  However, I think it
> > will probably help quite a bit with the HRRR.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > On 2/11/15, 10:39 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> >>> Yuan:
> >>>
> >>> Here's another issue that might be more on the THREDDS Side than IDV.
> >>>
> >>> In the attached bundle gfs-BTS-problem.xidv, I'm accessing 3-h GFS
> >>> Best Time Series data.  Note in the outgoing long-wave radiation how it
> >>> is flicking back and forth presumably from differing model grids.
> >>> These
> >>> are clearly not analysis times or forecast hours from the same model.
> >>>
> >>> Also, I thought that "Best Time Series" was supposed to grab
> >>> analysis grids where possible?  In the attached atmos5010-nam.xidv
> >>> bundle, it is clearly grabbing forecast grids when it should be
> >>> grabbing
> >>> analysis grids.
> >>>
> >>> Let me know if you have further questions.
> >>>
> >>> Jim
> >> Jim,
> >>        At this point, we know what is going on with the Best Time
> >> Series (BTS) of GFS. I think the proposed analysis dataset collection
> >> will be very helpful for your case.
> >>
> >>        By the way, I did some tests on the NAM 12 km BTS and
> >> individual runs, it does look correct to me and I wonder how
> >> you come to the conclusion of: " First, during the periods prior to
> >> the latest model run, I should be getting 0 hour analyses or
> >> 3 hour forecasts from the NAM.  That isn't the case, at least at
> >> times when a 0 hour analysis is available.  Instead,
> >> I'm getting a 6 hour forecast (see, for example, 00, 06, 12, or 18
> >> UTC times early in the loop when satellite and radar
> >> imagery are available."
> >>
> >>       I compared the first few time steps of BTS with each individual
> >> runs, not seeing any 6 hour forecast in the BTS. Do I miss
> >> something?
> >>
> >> Yuan
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Ticket Details
> >> ===================
> >> Ticket ID: XNQ-939998
> >> Department: Support IDV
> >> Priority: Normal
> >> Status: Open
> >>
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: XNQ-939998
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open