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Hi Bill, re: > Hookay: > I will repeat at the outset, we don't need any particular model--we have > just evolved with what works to get us the particular forecast time and > parameter we wanted. OK, gotcha. > Here are the salient parts of GRDDISP commands, in no particular order (all > from RTGRIDS, duh). I just went through my files to look. We've used other > models, but the ones remaining are what, through experience, we had to do to > get what we needed, no a priori selection. OK. > ALL LEV=500 DERIVE=VOR > GFS LEV=500 PARAM=Z > GFS LEV=SFC PARAM=PCP, P, T, SPD > NAM LEV=500 PARAM=Z > NAM LEV=SFC PARAM=PCP, P, T, SPD -- also LEV=MSL for some, gleaned by > combing through the grids. > > Not too difficult after all....we're just trying to make a few forecast maps > for consumption by intro classes. So, it may be quite easy for you to change from the old RTGRIDS datasets to the new RTGRIBS datasets. If you are game, I would ask you to make a copy of one of your scripts and make the change to test things out: change: - ADDE group from RTGRIDS -> RTGRIBS - GFS -> GFS-ALL - NAM -> NAM-ALL etc. - add DATALOC for RTGRIB server: idd.unl.edu, adde.cise-nsf.gov, or stratus.al.noaa.gov: DATALOC ADD RTGRIBS IDD.UNL.EDU Everything else should work the same. After all, it is the same model data that is being ingested and processed. The only difference is how the data is being processed; the group name of the ADDE server that hosts the data; and the partitioning of the data into datasets. For comparison, in the "old" (v2006 and previous) way of putting fields into datasets, there were: DSINFO GRID RTGRIDS Dataset Names of Type: GRID in Group: RTGRIDS Name NumPos Content ------------ ------ -------------------------------------- ALL 1310 Real-Time Grids ECMWF 10 Real-Time ECMWF Grids GFS 300 Real-Time GFS/AVN Grids MDR 10 Real-Time MDR Grids MISC 10 Other Real-Time Grids NAM 120 Real-Time ETA Grids NGM 40 Real-Time NGM Grids RUC 80 Real-Time RUC Grids UKMT 110 Real-Time UK Met Grids DSINFO -- done With the GRIB filer method (using a MySQL database), this has changed to: DATALOC ADD RTGRIBS IDD.UNL.EDU Group Name Server IP Address -------------------- ---------------------------------------- RTGRIBS IDD.UNL.EDU <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data directory. DATALOC -- done DSINFO GRID RTGRIBS Dataset Names of Type: GRID in Group: RTGRIBS Name NumPos Content ------------ ------ -------------------------------------- ALL 99999 All GRIB1 grids AWC-ALL 99999 AWC - All National Convective Weather Diagnostic grids AWR-ALL 99999 AWR - All Alaska Waters Regional Wave Model grids ECM-ALL 99999 ECMWF - All European Cntr for Med range Weather Fcst ECM-EQME 99999 ECMWF - Equatorial strip (30S - 30N)/Merc ECM-GLME 99999 ECMWF - Global/Merc ECM-NWME 99999 ECMWF - NW quad (0-90N 120E - 120W)/Merc ENP-ALL 99999 ENP - All Eastern North Pacific Regional Wave Model grid FFG-ALL 99999 FFG - All NWS Flash Flood Guidance System grids GFS-AKPS 99999 GFS - Alaska/PS; forecast and analysis GFS-AKPSLRES 99999 GFS - Alaska/PS; low resolution GFS-AKPSSSIF 99999 GFS - Alaska/PS; analysis - final run GFS-ALL 99999 GFS - All Global Forecast System grids GFS-GLME 99999 GFS - Global/Merc; forecast and analysis (thinned) GFS-GLMELRES 99999 GFS - Global/Merc; low resolution GFS-GLMENS 99999 GFS - Global/Merc; forecast and analysis (thinned) GFS-HIME 99999 GFS - Hawaii/Merc; forecast and analysis GFS-HIMELRES 99999 GFS - Hawaii/Merc; low resolution GFS-HIMESSIF 99999 GFS - Hawaii/Merc; analysis - final run GFS-NHPS 99999 GFS - N Hemi/PS; forecast and analysis GFS-NHPSLRES 99999 GFS - N Hemi/PS; low resolution GFS-NHPSSSIF 99999 GFS - N Hemi/PS; analysis - final run GFS-NWME170 99999 GFS - NW Quad/Merc; low resolution (T170) GFS-NWME62 99999 GFS - NW Quad/Merc; low resolution (T62) GFS-PRPSLRES 99999 GFS - Puerto Rico/PS; low resolution GFS-PRPSSSIF 99999 GFS - Puerto Rico/PS; analysis - final run GFS-USLC 99999 GFS - CONUS/LC GFS-USPS 99999 GFS - CONUS/PS; forecast and analysis GFS-USPS2 99999 GFS - CONUS/PS; double resolution GFS-USPSLRES 99999 GFS - CONUS/PS; low resolution GFS-USPSSSIF 99999 GFS - CONUS/PS; analysis - final run ICA-ALL 99999 ICA - All Ice Concentration Analysis grids ICA-GLME 99999 ICA - Global/Merc ICA-NHPS 99999 ICA - N Hemi/PS ICA-SHPS 99999 ICA - S Hemi/PS ICN-ALL 99999 ICN - All Current Icing Potential grids MDR-ALL 1000 MDR - Manually Digitized Radar grids NAH-ALL 99999 NAH - All North Atlantic Hurricane Wave Model grids NAM-AKPS 99999 NAM - Alaska/PS NAM-AKPSAWI2 99999 NAM - Alaska/PS (projection used by AWIPS - dbl res) NAM-AKPSAWIP 99999 NAM - Alaska/PS (projection used by AWIPS) NAM-ALL 99999 NAM - All North American Mesoscale numerical model grids NAM-USLC 99999 NAM - CONUS/LC NAM-USLC2 99999 NAM - CONUS/LC (double res) NAM-USLCAWI4 99999 NAM - CONUS/LC (projection used by AWIPS - quad res) NAM-USPS 99999 NAM - CONUS/PS (NGM Super C grid) NCE-ALL 99999 NCEP - All NCEP quantitative precip forecast grids NGM-AKPS 99999 NGM - Alaska/PS NGM-ALL 99999 NGM - All Nested Grid Model grids NGM-USLC 99999 NGM - CONUS/LC NGM-USPS 99999 NGM - CONUS/PS NGM-USPS2 99999 NGM - CONUS/PS (double res) NPH-ALL 99999 NPH - All North Pacific Hurricane Wave Model grids OVERFLOW 99999 Overflow grids RCM-ALL 99999 RCM - All Radar Code Message grids RFC-ALL 99999 RFC - All River Forecast Center mosaic grids; CONUS/LC RUC-ALL 99999 RUC - All Rapid Update Cycle model grids RUC-USLC 99999 RUC - CONUS/LC (isentropic - 80km at 40N) RUC-USLC2 99999 RUC - CONUS/LC (isentropic - 40km at 40N) RUC-USLC3 99999 RUC - CONUS/LC (isentropic - 20km at 40N) RUC-USPS 99999 RUC - CONUS/PS (isentropic - 20km at 40N) SST-ALL 99999 SST - All Sea Surface Temp Analysis grids SST-GLME 99999 SST - Global/Merc SST-GLME2 99999 SST - Global/Merc (double res) SST-GLMETHIN 99999 SST - Global/Merc (thinned) SST-NEME 99999 SST - NE Quad/Merc UKM-ALL 99999 UKMT - All Coastal Ocean Circulation grids; global/Merc UKM-GLME 99999 UKMT - Global/Merc UKM-GLMETHIN 99999 UKMT - Global/Merc (thinned) WHG-ALL 99999 WHG - All sig. wind wave height grids; Great Lakes/LC WNA-ALL 99999 WNA - All Western North Atlantic Reg. Wave Model grids WWF-ALL 99999 WWF - All Global Wind-Wave Forecast grids WWF-GLME 99999 WWF - Global/Merc DSINFO -- done Notice that in the new scheme, there is always an all-inclusive set of any type of data: ALL, GFS-ALL, RUC-ALL, NAM-ALL, etc. These sets _should_ correspond 1-to-1 with the old RTGRIDS sets: ALL, GFS, RUC, NAM, etc. > Thanks again, and sorry for all the hassle. You are welcome, and this is not a hassle (outside of finding and fixing a bug). Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NAB-494698 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed