[Met_help] help in obtaining archived PREPBUFR observations

[Case, Jonathan (MSFC)[]]

Dear MET help,

 

I'd like to get started in running the standard verification statistics
programs such as point-stat.

On your web site, you point to http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/data/gdas/ 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.  

 

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? 

 

I appreciate your assistance!
Jonathan

 

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Jonathan Case, ENSCO, Inc. 
Aerospace Sciences & Engineering Division 
Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Center 
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Huntsville, AL 35805-1912 
Voice: (256) 961-7504   Fax: (256) 961-7788 
Emails: Jonathan.Case-1 at nasa.gov

             case.jonathan at ensco.com

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