[THREDDS #HHD-926211]: missing GFS field

Hi Don,

The GFS Geopotential Height Anomaly grids were removed by NCEP:

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notification/tin14-46gfs_cca.htm

There was an interesting conversation on the CONDUIT email list about
this particular change, which includes some details about why it was
removed:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/conduit/2015/msg00002.html

Cheers,

Sean

> Hi-
> 
> I tried to load in this IDV bundle:
> 
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/repository/entry/get/gfs21day.xidv?entryid=bed77d17-c5c3-4510-8a94-bfe6af227d98
> 
> which uses the 1 degree GFS Best Time series.  It reports that it can't
> find the Geopotential Height Anomaly field using the latest data.  I
> suspect this is a change with the move to the new GFS, but I want to
> make sure that it is not an effect of a GRIB library change.
> 
> The field is available in older files on thredds-jumbo, but not the most
> recent files.
> 
> Would you please check on this?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Don
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CU-CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: HHD-926211
Department: Support THREDDS
Priority: Normal
Status: Open