[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #39222] History for Prepbufr Question

[RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway}]

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I looked through an NCDUMP of the prepbufr files I am retrieving.  The literature on prepbufr implies there should be precip accumulation data in the file but I don't see it in the file.  Should precip be available in prepbufr?  We need this since stage IV is only over the US.

Thanks

Bob


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Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #39222] Prepbufr Question
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Tue Jul 13 15:27:42 2010

Bob,

Currently, the PB2NC tool is only set up to retrieve the following
observation variables from PREPBUFR files: P, Q, T, Z, U, V.  We
realize this is a shortcoming, and that we should enhance PB2NC to
extract additional observations from the PREPBUFR files.  I've seen
the documentation to which you're referring and see that accumulated
precip is listed as one of the observation types.  Whether
those observations are in fact in the PREPBUFR files that are publicly
available, I am not sure.

We'll need to do some development work here to extract those
additional observations, and we're in the midst of a busy summer.
Unfortunately, for the time being, you're stuck with the P, Q, T, Z,
U,
V observations.  But if this functionality is important to your
operations, we can move it up on our priority list.

Thanks,
John Halley Gotway
met_help at ucar.edu

RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway} wrote:
> Tue Jul 13 15:21:45 2010: Request 39222 was acted upon.
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Subject: RE: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #39222] Prepbufr Question
From: Craig, Robert J Civ USAF AFWA 16 WS/WXN
Time: Wed Jul 14 06:53:06 2010

Busy is good - don't need to change priorities.  We get precip via
another method but I wanted to see how well MET dealt with precip
verification over non-CONUS areas.  

Thanks

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From: RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway}
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Craig, Robert J Civ USAF AFWA 16 WS/WXN
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu
#39222] Prepbufr Question

Bob,

Currently, the PB2NC tool is only
set up to retrieve the following observation variables from PREPBUFR
files: P, Q, T, Z, U, V.  We realize this is a shortcoming, and that
we should enhance PB2NC to
extract additional observations from the
PREPBUFR files.  I've seen the documentation to which you're referring
and see that accumulated precip is listed as one of the observation
types.  Whether
those observations are in fact in the PREPBUFR files
that are publicly available, I am not sure.

We'll need to do some
development work here to extract those additional observations, and
we're in the midst of a busy summer.  Unfortunately, for the time
being, you're stuck with the P, Q, T, Z, U,
V observations.  But if
this functionality is important to your operations, we can move it up
on our priority list.

Thanks,
John Halley Gotway
met_help at ucar.edu

RAL HelpDesk {for John Halley Gotway} wrote:
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Tue Jul 13 15:21:45 2010: Request 39222 was acted upon.
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Transaction: Given to johnhg by johnhg
>        Queue: met_help
>
Subject: Prepbufr Question
>        Owner: johnhg
>   Requestors:
craigr at offutt.af.mil
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=39222 >
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