Recent
Advancements of Verification Capability within Model Evaluation Tools
(MET) and METViewer
Tara Jensen
DTC/NCAR
Noon July 29 in Room 2155
Abstract:
At the foundation of the DTC testing and evaluation (T&E) system is
the Model Evaluation Tools (MET) and METViewer database and display
system. MET is supported to the community through the DTC and METViewer
is currently being installed at NCEP by NCO. The verification team
within the DTC has been working closely with DTC teams as well as the
operational community to enhance MET to better support both internal
T&E activities and testing performed across NOAA. This presentation
will demonstrate several advancements that will be available in the
next MET release, which is scheduled for later this summer.
Specifically, we have added automated regridding capability, processing
capability for Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) data
assimilation diagnostic files, tools to produce complex masking regions
for tailored verification, the calculation of categorical statistics
for tropical cyclone rapid intensification and rapid weakening (RI/RW)
events and renewables ramp events, and the use of Method for
Object-based Diagnostic Evaluation – Time Domain (MODE-TD) on different
spatial and temporal scales of data. The presentation will also
demonstrate some of the METViewer capabilities that will be available
inside the NCEP firewall soon.