====== MET Tools info/notes ======


[[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/docs/users_guide/MET_Users_Guide_v3.0.2.pdf|METv3.0 Users Guide]]
[[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/index.php|Online Tutorial]]

If editting the Point-Stat, Grid-Stat, or MODE Config File (might be applicable to other config files) and using GRIB instead of netcdf, use the "VALUE" or "ABBREV." for desired Parameter using this [[http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/table2.html|Table*]]. For config Files that need message types, a list of message types and their descriptions are found [[http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/data_processing/prepbufr.doc/table_1.htm|here]] (Use the Field 'MNEMONIC' for the message type).

Defaults of all Configuration files are found in directory:
<code> METv3.0/data/config </code>

===== Data Reformation and Preperation Tools =====

  * Gen-Poly-Mask Tool
     * Input:
        * Gridded model or Observation file (in GRIB).
        * ASCII file defining Lat/Lon masking polyline.

  * PCP-Combine Tool
     * Input:
        * Two or more gridded model or Observation files (in GRIB).
        //Note: Can be used as a GRIB to Netcdf format converter. If one file is passed instead of two or more, it will convert the file into netcdf.// 

  * ASCII2NC Tool
     * Input:
        * One ASCII point observation file (may change in the future with newer version of MET along with format required).
        //Note: File should contain 10 Columns per line (per observation point), in this format://
<code>
Column     Name               Format
1          Message_type       Text String
2          Station_ID         5 Digits, doesn't have to be correct (Digits, not Text String like manual states)
3          Valid_Time         YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS
4          Lat                Degrees North of observing location
5          Lon                Degrees East of observing location
6          Elevation          Elevation (in msl) of observing location
7          Grib_code          Integer grib code value corresponding to observation (Table* above)
8          Level              Pressure Level (in hPa) or accumulation interval in hours
9          Height             Height (in msl) of observation value
10         Observation_value  Observation value in units matching the grib_code units (found in Table* above)
</code>

  * PB2NC Tool
     * Input:
        * One PrepBufr point observation file.
        * Config file([[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/PB2NCConfig_default|Default File]]).

  * Ensemble-Stat Tool
     * Input:
        * The ensemble file(s) in GRIB or Netcdf(output of PCP-Combine or pinterp).
        * Config File([[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/EnsembleStatConfig_default|Defualt File]]).
        //Note: If passing in multiple files to the command line, it may be more convenient to pass an ASCII file containing the names of the ensemble files instead.    

        Note 2: Derives several summary fields such as ensemble mean, spread relative frequencies, etc. Results may be verified by the statiscial verification tools below or my the Ensemble-Stat Tool again (see below).//

===== Statistical Verification Tools =====


  * Point-Stat Tool:
    *Input:
      *Forecast file in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
      *Observation file in Netcdf(from PB2NC or ASCII).
      *Config File ([[http://verif.rap.ucar.edu/cgi/metgui/ps.cgi|Point-Stat Config File Generator]] or [[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/PointStatConfig_default|Default File]]).


  * Grid-Stat Tool:
    *Input:
      *Forecast File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
      *Observation File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
      *Config File ([[http://verif.rap.ucar.edu/cgi/metgui/gs.cgi|Grid-Stat Config File Generator]] or [[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/GridStatConfig_default|Default File]]).

  * MODE Tool:
    *Input:
      *Forecast File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
      *Observation File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
      *Config File ([[http://verif.rap.ucar.edu/cgi/metgui/mode.cgi|MODE Config File Generator]] or [[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/WrfModeConfig_default|Default File]]).

  * Wavelet-Stat Tool
    *Input:
      *Forecast File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine or pinterp).
      *Observation File in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine or pinterp).
      *Config File ([[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/WaveletStatConfig_default|Default File]]).

  * Ensemble-Stat Tool(same as above)
   //Note: May be used to verify the ensemble directly by comparing it to gridded and/or point observation.//

===== Aggregation and Analysis Tools =====

  * Stat-Analysis Tool
    *Input:
      *One or More STAT files output from Point-Stat and/or Grid-Stat. 
      *Config file([[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/STATAnalysisConfig_default|Default File]]) or job specification.
//Note: Can specify directory with STAT files instead of multiple files.//

  * MODE-Analysis Tool
    *Input:
      *One or more MODE object statistic files output from MODE Tool. 
      *Config file([[http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/support/online_tutorial/METv3.0/config/MODEAnalysisConfig_default|Default File]]) or job specification.
//Note: Can specify directory with MODE files instead of multiple files.//