MET Tools info/notes

METv3.0 Users Guide 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 Table*. For config Files that need message types, a list of message types and their descriptions are found here (Use the Field 'MNEMONIC' for the message type).

Defaults of all Configuration files are found in directory:

 METv3.0/data/config 

• 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:

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)

• PB2NC Tool
  • Input:
    • One PrepBufr point observation file.
    • Config file(Default File).

• Ensemble-Stat Tool
  • Input:
    • The ensemble file(s) in GRIB or Netcdf(output of PCP-Combine or pinterp).
    • Config File(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).

• Point-Stat Tool:
  • Input:
    • Forecast file in GRIB or Netcdf(from PCP-Combine).
    • Observation file in Netcdf(from PB2NC or ASCII).
    • Config File (Point-Stat Config File Generator or 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 (Grid-Stat Config File Generator or 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 (MODE Config File Generator or 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 (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.

• Stat-Analysis Tool
  • Input:
    • One or More STAT files output from Point-Stat and/or Grid-Stat.
    • Config file(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(Default File) or job specification.

Note: Can specify directory with MODE files instead of multiple files.