[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #69116] History for Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
John Halley Gotway via RT
met_help at ucar.edu
Fri Oct 3 12:22:52 MDT 2014
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Initial Request
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Hi MET help
I'm relatively new to using MET and I'm having problems trying to convert
GOES sounding files from BUFR to netcdf using PB2NC. I think I just
haven't specified variables in the config_file properly and was hoping to
get some guidance. Here are more details:
*On the command line I'm typing:*
*pb2nc GOESE.RMD.J2003163.T0200Z DUMMY.nc ~/my_libs/CONFIG_PB2NC.con*
*and it returns the following:*
*DEBUG 1: Default Config File:
/glade/u/apps/opt/METv4.0/4.0/intel/12.1.5/data/config/PB2NCConfig_default*
*DEBUG 1: User Config File: /glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/CONFIG_PB2NC.con*
*DEBUG 1: Creating NetCDF File: DUMMY.nc*
*DEBUG 1: Processing PrepBufr File: GOESE.RMD.J2003163.T0200Z*
*DEBUG 1: Blocking PrepBufr file to:
/glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/dufus_out/tmp_pb2nc_blk_8690_0*
* +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
* BUFRLIB: OPENBT - THIS IS A DUMMY BUFRLIB ROUTINE CALLED BY CKTABA OR
APPL. PGM*
* ; OPENBT SHOULD BE INCL. IN-LINE IN APPL. PGM*
* +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
*.*
*. [Same warning repeated many times]*
*.*
* +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
* BUFRLIB: CKTABA - UNRECOGNIZED TABLE A MESSAGE TYPE (FN003000) - RETURN
WITH IR*
* ET = -1*
* +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
*WARNING: *
*WARNING: process_pbfile() -> No PrepBufr messages to process in file:
GOESE.RMD.J2003167.T0000Z*
*WARNING: *
*ERROR : *
*ERROR : write_netcdf_hdr_data() -> No PrepBufr messages retained.
Nothing to write.*
*ERROR : *
*The config_file contents are below (removing all the comments):*
*message_type = ["GOESND"];station_id = [];obs_window = { beg = -5400;
end = 5400;}mask = { grid = ""; poly = "";};elevation_range = { beg
= -1000; end = 100000;}pb_report_type = [];in_report_type =
[];instrument_type = [];level_range = { beg = 1; end =
255;}level_category = [1];obs_grib_code = [ "SPFH", "TMP", "HGT"
];quality_mark_thresh = 2;event_stack_flag = TOP;tmp_dir =
"/glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/dufus_out";version = "V4.0";*
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
-Ahmed
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Ahmed Tawfik, PhD
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
George Mason University
Visiting Scientist at NCAR
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Complete Ticket History
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Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Fri Sep 26 21:45:39 2014
Ahmed,
The pb2nc tool in MET supports observations in PREPBUFR format only,
not
generalized BUFR format. I suspect that you're passing the tool a
BUFR
file, not PREPBUFR. Please refer to this page for links to access
PREPBUFR
files:
http://www.dtcenter.org/met/users/downloads/observation_data.php
For example, here's a global PREPBUFR file for August 30, 2014 at 00Z:
nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/gdas.20140830/gdas1.t00z.prepbufr.nr
Thanks,
John Halley Gotway
met_help at ucar.edu
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 8:22 PM, Ahmed Tawfik via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:
>
> Fri Sep 26 20:22:11 2014: Request 69116 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by abtawfik at umich.edu
> Queue: met_help
> Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: abtawfik at umich.edu
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=69116 >
>
>
> Hi MET help
>
> I'm relatively new to using MET and I'm having problems trying to
convert
> GOES sounding files from BUFR to netcdf using PB2NC. I think I just
> haven't specified variables in the config_file properly and was
hoping to
> get some guidance. Here are more details:
>
> *On the command line I'm typing:*
> *pb2nc GOESE.RMD.J2003163.T0200Z DUMMY.nc
~/my_libs/CONFIG_PB2NC.con*
>
> *and it returns the following:*
> *DEBUG 1: Default Config File:
>
/glade/u/apps/opt/METv4.0/4.0/intel/12.1.5/data/config/PB2NCConfig_default*
> *DEBUG 1: User Config File:
> /glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/CONFIG_PB2NC.con*
> *DEBUG 1: Creating NetCDF File: DUMMY.nc*
> *DEBUG 1: Processing PrepBufr File: GOESE.RMD.J2003163.T0200Z*
> *DEBUG 1: Blocking PrepBufr file to:
> /glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/dufus_out/tmp_pb2nc_blk_8690_0*
> * +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
> * BUFRLIB: OPENBT - THIS IS A DUMMY BUFRLIB ROUTINE CALLED BY CKTABA
OR
> APPL. PGM*
> * ; OPENBT SHOULD BE INCL. IN-LINE IN APPL. PGM*
> * +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
> *.*
> *. [Same warning repeated many times]*
> *.*
> * +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
> * BUFRLIB: CKTABA - UNRECOGNIZED TABLE A MESSAGE TYPE (FN003000) -
RETURN
> WITH IR*
> * ET = -1*
> * +++++++++++++++++++++WARNING+++++++++++++++++++++++*
> *WARNING: *
> *WARNING: process_pbfile() -> No PrepBufr messages to process in
file:
> GOESE.RMD.J2003167.T0000Z*
> *WARNING: *
> *ERROR : *
> *ERROR : write_netcdf_hdr_data() -> No PrepBufr messages retained.
> Nothing to write.*
> *ERROR : *
>
>
> *The config_file contents are below (removing all the comments):*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *message_type = ["GOESND"];station_id = [];obs_window = { beg =
-5400;
> end = 5400;}mask = { grid = ""; poly = "";};elevation_range =
{ beg
> = -1000; end = 100000;}pb_report_type = [];in_report_type =
> [];instrument_type = [];level_range = { beg = 1; end =
> 255;}level_category = [1];obs_grib_code = [ "SPFH", "TMP", "HGT"
> ];quality_mark_thresh = 2;event_stack_flag = TOP;tmp_dir =
> "/glade/u/home/abtawfik/my_libs/dufus_out";version = "V4.0";*
>
> Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -Ahmed
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Ahmed Tawfik, PhD
> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
> George Mason University
> Visiting Scientist at NCAR
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
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Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Thu Oct 02 10:18:03 2014
Ahmed,
Just wanted to check in with you about this issue. Do you still have
questions about running the pb2nc tool?
Thanks,
John
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, The RT System itself via RT <
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> Fri Sep 26 21:45:39 2014: Request 69116 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Given to johnhg by RT_System
> Queue: met_help
> Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
> Owner: johnhg
> Requestors: abtawfik at umich.edu
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=69116 >
>
>
> This transaction appears to have no content
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Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
From: Ahmed Tawfik
Time: Thu Oct 02 10:20:29 2014
Oh yeah. Sorry I thought I had responded.
It looks like I'm dealing with BUFR and not PREBUFR files. I emailed
a few
people at NCDC and NCEP because the files I got are from them. No
word yet
though. Is there a way to make a file PREPBUF so it can be used with
the
pb2nc tool?
Thanks for checking in.
-Ahmed
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:18 AM, John Halley Gotway via RT <
met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> Ahmed,
>
> Just wanted to check in with you about this issue. Do you still
have
> questions about running the pb2nc tool?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, The RT System itself via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Fri Sep 26 21:45:39 2014: Request 69116 was acted upon.
> > Transaction: Given to johnhg by RT_System
> > Queue: met_help
> > Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
> > Owner: johnhg
> > Requestors: abtawfik at umich.edu
> > Status: new
> > Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=69116 >
> >
> >
> > This transaction appears to have no content
> >
>
>
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Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Thu Oct 02 10:53:36 2014
Ahmed,
I'm not familiar with a way of converting a BUFR file into PREPBUFR
format. I believe that PREPBUFR files are the output of one of the
steps
in the GSI data assimilation process. If this GOES data is regularly
included in NCEP's data assimilation systems (either NDAS for the NAM
North
American Data assimilation or the GDAS for the GFS global data
assimilation), this data may already be available in the NDAS and/or
GDAS
PREPBUFR files that are publicly available.
If not, it may be possible to run some portion of GSI to produce a
PREPBUFR
file, but I would guess there would be a lot of overhead associated
with
that.
If you need more information about GSI, you could refer to their
website (
http://www.dtcenter.org/com-GSI/users/) and/or contact them via their
user-support email at gsi_help at ucar.edu.
Thanks,
John
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Ahmed Tawfik via RT
<met_help at ucar.edu>
wrote:
>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=69116 >
>
> Oh yeah. Sorry I thought I had responded.
> It looks like I'm dealing with BUFR and not PREBUFR files. I
emailed a few
> people at NCDC and NCEP because the files I got are from them. No
word yet
> though. Is there a way to make a file PREPBUF so it can be used
with the
> pb2nc tool?
> Thanks for checking in.
>
> -Ahmed
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 10:18 AM, John Halley Gotway via RT <
> met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> > Ahmed,
> >
> > Just wanted to check in with you about this issue. Do you still
have
> > questions about running the pb2nc tool?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:45 PM, The RT System itself via RT <
> > met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Fri Sep 26 21:45:39 2014: Request 69116 was acted upon.
> > > Transaction: Given to johnhg by RT_System
> > > Queue: met_help
> > > Subject: Issues using PB2NC to convert GOES soundings
> > > Owner: johnhg
> > > Requestors: abtawfik at umich.edu
> > > Status: new
> > > Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=69116
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > This transaction appears to have no content
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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