Joint OSSE Nature run at NASA Portal update
May 9, 2008
Now the T511 Nature run model resolution data are available from NASA portal as
gradsdod.
http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511
You can view and down load data. The data can be down loaded in grib1, NetCDF, or binary. It can be down loaded as selected region.
In order to access the data you have to provide IP number to Arlindo da Silva of GMAO E-mail:Arlindo.Dasilva@nasa.gov
The same data set and more data are available fro
http://portal.nccs.nasa.gov/OSSE
or
http://portal.nccs.nasa.gov/osse
Login ID and password will be available from Harper Pryor of NCCS E-mail: Harper.Pryor@nasa.gov
ftp access to the site is considered. Further reorganization of files is progress.
Please note following usage and credit for the data set.
[Usage and credit ]
This data must not be used for commercial purposes. ECMWF and the Joint OSSEs must be given credit in any publications in which these data are used. A user list at NCCS will be kept and shared with ECMWF and the Joint OSSE. Redistribution rights are not given.
If you are interested in using the data set, please send E-mail following information with the statement below to Michiko Masutani (michiko.masutani@noaa.gov).
your name,
Email address,
Affiliation,
Title of the project (or how NR will be used)
Then your name will be added to the user list and sent to ECMWF.
"I agree not to copy the ECMWF data or software provided by NCCS for use by other persons, and I agree to not use these data and/or software for commercial purposes. ECMWF will be given credit in any publications in which these data and/or software are used. I understand that if other persons in my organization wish to use these data and/or software, they must also sign a copy of this agreement. "
[Announcement from Arlindo da Silva 080430]
Reorganized ECMWF T511 Nature Run files on /portal
We have now transferred all the
reorganized model level, T511, ECMWF Nature Run files to the data portal at
GSFC/NCCS.
The raw data
On dirac and thing[1-4] these files can be found at:
/portal/osse/Nature/T511
There 2 main sub-directories:
prog/ - 2D and 3D prognostic quantities
diag/ - 2D diagnostics
These are essentially the same files we got from ECMWF except that I have
renamed them and placed a single synoptic time per file. No interpolation of
any kind has been performed. Only people on the "osse" group at NCCS
have access to this directory. The original files as obtained from ECMWF are
kept in mass storage.
GrADS control files
In the same directory you can find 3 GrADS control files:
nature.diag.sfc.ctl
nature.prog.eta.ctl
nature.prog.sfc.ctl
You can open these files directly with GrADS. It uses GrADS' PDEF feture to
linearly interpolate the data from the original thinned Gaussian grid to a
regular Gaussian grid, on the fly. The files are templated as to appear
as a single timeseries. For a variable list check these:
http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/prog.eta.info
http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/prog.sfc.info
http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/diag.sfc.info
OPeNDAP Access
I have pointed the OPeNDAP server to the GrADS "ctl" files above.
Because of the licensing restrictions, currently only the IP numbers below have
access to these datasets (although anybody can look at the dataset directory).
If you would like to grant access to other personal (read: not public) workstations/laptops
please send me the IP numbers and I'dd add them after Oreste/Ron approaval. The
URL for the datasets are:
http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511
I am including a convenience GrADS script (open_osse.gs)
for accessing these datasets from any of the "allowed" IP numbers.
Start gradsdods and type
%
gradsdods
...
ga-> open_osse
ga-> open_osse.gs prog.eta
ga-> d u
Appendix A The script to open files.
function open_osse(dset)
if(dset=''|dset='dset')
say ''
say 'NAME'
say ' open_osse - Opens ECMWF T511 Nature Run Datasets'
say 'USAGE'
say ' open_osse prog.eta | prog.sfc | diag.sfc '
say 'EXAMPLES'
say ' open_osse prog.eta'
say ' open_osse prog.sfc'
say ' open_osse diag.sfc'
say 'IMPORTANT'
say ' These are restricted datasets; the IP number'
say ' of your workstation must be reggistered with'
say ' the OPeNDAP server for you to be able to '
say ' access this data.'
say 'CONTACT'
say ' Arlindo.daSilva@nasa.gov'
say ''
return 1
endif
* Get URL
* -------
if ( dset='prog.eta' )
url = 'http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/prog.eta'
else; if ( dset='prog.sfc' )
url = 'http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/prog.sfc'
else; if ( dset='diag.sfc' )
url = 'http://opendap.nccs.nasa.gov:9090/dods/OSSE/T511/diag.sfc'
else
say 'open_osse: unknown dataset ' dset
say 'open_osse: expecting "prog.eta", "prog.sfc" or "prog.eta"'
return 1
endif; endif; endif
* Make sure we've got DODS
* ------------------------
'q config'
config = sublin(result,1)
i = 1
while ( i>0 )
word = subwrd(config,i)
if ( word='' ); i=-1; endif
if ( word='dods' | word='dap' ); dods='yes'; endif
i = i + 1
endwhile
* Open the file
* -------------
if ( dods='yes' )
'sdfopen ' url
say result
else
say ' '
say 'open_osse: this version of GrADS cannot open OPeNDAP datasets'
say 'open_osse: try "gradsdods" or "gradsdap" instead'
say ' '
return 1
endif
return rc
Appendix B OPeNDAP and Joint OSSE Nature Run Access
Control
Because of the licensing restrictions, currently only the IP numbers
below have access to these datasets (although anybody can look at the
dataset directory). If you would like to grant access to other personal
(read: not public) workstations/laptops please send the IP numbers to