[Met_help] Re: MET question

[John Halley Gotway]

Ed,

Wow, thanks for catching that!  The example on page 3-15 is correct while the example on page 9-1 is not.

I see two differences in these examples:
(1) On page 3-15, the "-sum" command line option is specified, while on page 9-1 it is not.  This actually isn't a problem because summing is the default behavior, so "-sum" doesn't need to be
explicitly stated.

(2) The date/time format on page 3-15 is YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS while on page 9-1, it's YYYY:MM:DD_HH:MM:SS.  Page 3-15 is correct while page 9-1 is wrong.  We just neglected to update this when that change
was made.

The usage statement for pcp_combine correctly lists the expected date/time format.  You can see the usage statement by just running the pcp_combine executable with no arguments.

We'll make a note to fix the page 9-1 of the documentation for the next release.

Thanks,
John

Edward Tollerud wrote:
> John,
> 
> For pcp_combine, the argument formats look different on your script
> example (9-1) and the examples in 3-15. Do these differences matter?
> 
> Ed
> 
> John Halley Gotway wrote:
>> Ed,
>>
>> Specifying P1000 should work just fine.  The NNN is just meant to
>> indicate a number, but perhaps that's misleading.  Let me know if you
>> have any problems using P1000.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> John
>>
>> Edward Tollerud wrote:
>>  
>>> John,
>>>
>>> A quick question about MET: tools lik grid-stat and point-stat that need
>>> level information are assigned a form such as that for vx_grib_code (eg.
>>> PNNN). This suggests a three-character pressure; is there a way to
>>> specify (for instance) 1000 mb?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>