[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #48670] History for Ascii point obs format (UNCLASSIFIED)

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If I have ascii point observation data which contains -9999 in col 8 (Level)
before I run through ascii2nc, does this cause a problem for Point-Stat?

Thanks.

R/
John

Mr John W. Raby, Meteorologist
U.S. Army Research Laboratory
White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
(575) 678-2004 DSN 258-2004
FAX (575) 678-1230 DSN 258-1230
Email: john.w.raby2.civ at mail.mil



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Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #48670] Ascii point obs format (UNCLASSIFIED)
From: Paul Oldenburg
Time: Fri Jul 29 11:55:47 2011

John,

If your observations have a message type (column 1) of ADPSFC or
SFCSHP, then the value in the level column does not
matter, and point_stat will ignore it.  Those message types indicate
that the observations are surface obs and can be
matched with surface model data.  If your observations are not surface
obs, point_stat will not be able to match them to
model data in the atmosphere.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Paul


On 07/29/2011 10:44 AM, RAL HelpDesk {for Raby, John W USA CIV} wrote:
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> Fri Jul 29 10:44:02 2011: Request 48670 was acted upon.
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>  Ticket <URL:
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> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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> If I have ascii point observation data which contains -9999 in col 8
(Level)
> before I run through ascii2nc, does this cause a problem for Point-
Stat?
>
> Thanks.
>
> R/
> John
>
> Mr John W. Raby, Meteorologist
> U.S. Army Research Laboratory
> White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
> (575) 678-2004 DSN 258-2004
> FAX (575) 678-1230 DSN 258-1230
> Email: john.w.raby2.civ at mail.mil
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> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
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Subject: Ascii point obs format (UNCLASSIFIED)
From: Raby, John W USA CIV
Time: Fri Jul 29 12:03:02 2011

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Paul -

I forgot to mention that the obs are all ADPSFC message type. Thanks
for your
quick response.
John


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From: RAL HelpDesk {for Paul Oldenburg} [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:56 AM
To: Raby, John W USA CIV (US)
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Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #48670] Ascii point obs format
(UNCLASSIFIED)

John,

If your observations have a message type (column 1) of ADPSFC or
SFCSHP, then
the value in the level column does not matter, and point_stat will
ignore it.
Those message types indicate that the observations are surface obs and
can be
matched with surface model data.  If your observations are not surface
obs,
point_stat will not be able to match them to model data in the
atmosphere.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Paul


On 07/29/2011 10:44 AM, RAL HelpDesk {for Raby, John W USA CIV} wrote:
>
> Fri Jul 29 10:44:02 2011: Request 48670 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by john.w.raby2.civ at mail.mil
>        Queue: met_help
>      Subject: Ascii point obs format (UNCLASSIFIED)
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: john.w.raby2.civ at mail.mil
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=48670
> >
>
>
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
> If I have ascii point observation data which contains -9999 in col 8
> (Level) before I run through ascii2nc, does this cause a problem for
> Point-Stat?
>
> Thanks.
>
> R/
> John
>
> Mr John W. Raby, Meteorologist
> U.S. Army Research Laboratory
> White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002
> (575) 678-2004 DSN 258-2004
> FAX (575) 678-1230 DSN 258-1230
> Email: john.w.raby2.civ at mail.mil
>
>
>
> Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
> Caveats: NONE
>
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