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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear MET help,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’d like to get started in running the standard verification
statistics programs such as point-stat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>On your web site, you point to <a
href="http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gdas/">http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gdas/</a>
as a source of archived PREPBUFR observations that are used in the GDAS.
However, there are numerous files with the string “bufr”, the data
only go back to 2006, and it would be cumbersome to download each file needed
for verification. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Therefore, I’d like to ask what is the best way to
obtain hourly or sub-hourly PREPBUFR surface observations that can be used in
point-stat to compute typical surface verification, and what datasets should I
be looking for? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I appreciate your assistance!<br>
Jonathan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jonathan Case, ENSCO, Inc.</span>
<br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aerospace Sciences &
Engineering Division</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition Center</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>320 Sparkman Drive, Room 3062</span>
<br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Huntsville, AL 35805-1912 </span><br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Voice: (256)
961-7504 Fax: (256) 961-7788</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Emails: Jonathan.Case-1@nasa.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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case.jonathan@ensco.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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