I am seeking a bit of clarification about how exactly the MODE tool ingests gridded data and accounts for distances between grid points. My data sets are both regular lat/lon grids (not regular dx/dy with constant spacing) and have global coverage (not a region like the WRF might)...I am working with NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and GFS forecast fields from the archived 1.0X1.0 degree grids. I need to know whether MODE can correctly interpret real distances from GRIB files in regular lat/lon format or whether I'd somehow need to convert regular lat/lon to regular dx/dy (a process which would be impossible if I were covering the entire globe since dx changes with increasing latitude).<br>
<br>From what I can tell from the User's Guide for METv2.0, I can use any gridded data, but I have to make some kind of rough estimate as to the typical grid spacing. But lat/lon grids aren't regularly spaced enough for that to make sense. Any clarification you might be able to provide on how best to work with globally-covering regular lat/lon grids would be appreciated.<br>
<br>Matthew Souders<br>Stony Brook University<br>School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences<br>