Re: NWP Forecast Data

Hi Ben:

Im afraid nothing too coherent or detailed. An overview is at:

 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/index.html

More details are at:

 http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/docs/

Ben Burford wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I don't have the data right now.  Its being prepared at the Max Planck Insti
> tute in Germany.  I'll try to get some files but I don't know how quickly I'
> ll be able to do it.
>
> Timeframe, within "the next few months" would be good.  Right now the timing
>  is a little fuzzy.
>
> I don't have a very clear understanding of the functions that a THREDDS serv
> er will perform.  Do you have a (some) power point file(s), or maybe a pdf f
> ile, that overviews the THREDDS server operations and explains the functions
>  that it will perform?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Ben
>
>
>
>
> At 09:34 2006/03/28 -0700, you wrote:
>
> > Hi Ben:
> >
> > What format is the data stored in? Can you makes samples available?
> >
> > The answer is probably not at the moment, but we are currently working on 
>
> several features that may help. What time frame do you need this?
>
> > Ben Burford wrote:
> >
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > I have NWP model output data that has been collected from the model as t
>
> ime 
>
> > > series at a single grid point (to make it easy to compare to in-situ tim
>
> e se
>
> > > ries data).  So this is like time series station data.  This is from 10 
>
> majo
>
> > > r international agencies for the CEOP project.
> > >
> > > I have Forecast data where each day a 72 hour forecast is produced.  I w
>
> ant 
>
> > > to be able to select a 24 hour chunk out of each 72 hour forecast to pro
>
> duce
>
> > > a continous time series of forecast data (e.g. take the data from 12 to
>
>  36 
>
> > > hours out of each 72 hour forecast, and concatenate that to produce a co
>
> ntin
>
> > > ous time series).
> > >
> > > Can I do this with a THREDDS server?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much,
> > >
> > > Ben Burford
> > > JAXA/RESTEC - Tokyo