[Met_help] HWRF Verification

[WRF Help]

Segayle,
  
  At the moment we do not have community code for any type of
  hurricane track or intensity. This is a capability to plan to
  develop over the next 1-2 years.
  
  As John mentioned, we use a package that was obtained from the
National Hurricane Center, so if you need something in the short term
you may have to build your own package or contact them.
  
  Sorry we cannot be of more help at this time.
  
Wrfhelp

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>> From: John Halley Gotway <johnhg at ucar.edu>
>> Date: June 15, 2010 1:18:14 PM MDT
>> To: Segayle Thompson <walford07 at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Ligia Bernardet <Ligia.Bernardet at noaa.gov>, 
>>met_help_archive at mailman.ucar.edu
>> Subject: Re: MET questions
>> 
>> Segayle,
>> 
>> Good questions.
>> 
>> The answer to your first question is no, MET does not currently have 
>>the ability to do hurricane track verification.  However, in the DTC, 
>>we have recently been doing evaluations of hurricanes.
>> Primarily, we've been using a hurricane tracker and verification 
>>tools provided by the National Hurricane Center.  Those tools verify 
>>track, radius of winds, and perhaps pressure (I can't remember).
>> Unfortunately, I don't know if that code is publicly available and 
>>supported.
>> 
>> I've copied Ligia Bernardet (Ligia.Bernardet at noaa.gov) on this 
>>message.  She works for the DTC at NOAA and is the project lead for 
>>our support of WRF for Hurricanes.  She may be able to provide better
>> direction.
>> 
>> Over the next couple of years, we do have plans to add new tools to 
>>MET for the evaluation of hurricane forecasts.  But we don't have 
>>anything concrete yet.
>> 
>> Regarding chemistry, I'm really not sure.  You can use the Grid-Stat 
>>tool to compare two gridded fields, and the Point-Stat tool to 
>>compare a gridded forecast to point observations.  If you have point
>> observations related to chemistry, you may be able to get them into 
>>the right format for Point-Stat to use.  I've never seen any 
>>verification of chemistry using MET.
>> 
>> And lastly, regarding satellite data, in the upcoming release we're 
>>adding a new tool to handle the WWMCA cloud product.  However, most 
>>satellite data is available in HDF5 format, and we do not
>> currently have the capability of reading that data format.  If you 
>>were somehow able to get the cloud data in GRIB format, or a 
>>CF-compliant NetCDF format, we'd have a better shot at reading it.
>> 
>> Hope that helps.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> Segayle Thompson wrote:
>>> Hello John,
>>> 
>>> I have a couple of questions about feasibility of using extent of 
>>>the
>>> MET package for certain applications.
>>> 
>>> Is there anyway to verify  hurricane track  using the package?
>>> I am thinking that central pressure and maximum winds can be 
>>>verified
>>> but I am not sure about the track.
>>> 
>>> Is there any capability to develop chemistry related validation?
>>> 
>>> Is it possible to use satellite data to verify some model runs?
>>> 
>>> Segayle Thompson
>>> 
>>> 
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