[Met_help] [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] History for help with climo_mean
John Halley Gotway via RT
met_help at ucar.edu
Tue Jul 9 12:06:50 MDT 2019
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Good Day Met Help,
I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically looking at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main dictionary that I want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file into the climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
WARNING:
WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file "/path/to/climo/file"
WARNING:
Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to be in a different format?
Best Regards,
Angela LaFlash
Scientific Programmer
DeVine Consulting, Inc.
409 Washington St.
Suite 202A
Monterey, CA 93940
Cell: 217-652-2115
angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
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Complete Ticket History
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Subject: help with climo_mean
From: Minna Win
Time: Wed May 01 16:27:19 2019
Hello Angela,
It looks like you need some assistance in setting up your grid stat
config
files. This ticket is being assigned to John Halley Gotway, who has
expertise with this tool.
Regards,
Minna
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Minna Win
NCAR
Research Applications Lab
Phone: 303-497-8423
Fax: 303-497-8401
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> Wed May 01 16:21:38 2019: Request 90025 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> Queue: met_help
> Subject: help with climo_mean
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
>
>
> Good Day Met Help,
>
> I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically
looking
> at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main dictionary
that I
> want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file into
the
> climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
>
> WARNING:
> WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file
> "/path/to/climo/file"
> WARNING:
>
> Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to be in
a
> different format?
>
> Best Regards,
> Angela LaFlash
> Scientific Programmer
> DeVine Consulting, Inc.
> 409 Washington St.
> Suite 202A
> Monterey, CA 93940
> Cell: 217-652-2115
> angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
>
>
>
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Subject: RE: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
From: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
Time: Wed May 01 16:36:26 2019
Thank you Minna,
I look forward to John's response.
Thanks,
Angela LaFlash
217-652-2115
-----Original Message-----
From: Minna Win via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 3:27 PM
To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
Hello Angela,
It looks like you need some assistance in setting up your grid stat
config
files. This ticket is being assigned to John Halley Gotway, who has
expertise with this tool.
Regards,
Minna
---------------
Minna Win
NCAR
Research Applications Lab
Phone: 303-497-8423
Fax: 303-497-8401
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> Wed May 01 16:21:38 2019: Request 90025 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> Queue: met_help
> Subject: help with climo_mean
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
>
>
> Good Day Met Help,
>
> I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically
looking
> at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main dictionary
that I
> want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file into
the
> climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
>
> WARNING:
> WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file
> "/path/to/climo/file"
> WARNING:
>
> Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to be in
a
> different format?
>
> Best Regards,
> Angela LaFlash
> Scientific Programmer
> DeVine Consulting, Inc.
> 409 Washington St.
> Suite 202A
> Monterey, CA 93940
> Cell: 217-652-2115
> angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
>
>
>
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Subject: help with climo_mean
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Thu May 02 15:21:27 2019
Hello Angela,
I see you have a question about configuring Grid-Stat. And I see
you're
trying to read a binary file as input. Unfortunately, the answer is
no,
MET cannot, in general, read generic binary files. Instead, MET needs
to
know the associated metadata about the file in order to process it
correctly. The file formats that MET can handle should be consistent
across all the individual tools. The following gridded data file
formats
are supported:
GRIB1, GRIB2, NetCDF files following the CF-convention (climate
forecast
convention), NetCDF files following the internal MET format (i.e. that
look
like the output of pcp_combine), the NetCDF output of the WRF p_interp
or
wrf_interp utilities.
And as of met-8.0, you also have the option of writing a Python script
to
read your data, define the associated metadata, and then pass that
data
into the MET tools via memory.
If your data is not already GRIB1/2 or one of the supported flavors of
NetCDF, you could consider that route. And this webpage includes
several
python examples:
https://dtcenter.org/met/users/downloads/analysis_scripts.php
Hope that helps clarify.
Thanks,
John
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 4:36 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
>
> Thank you Minna,
>
> I look forward to John's response.
>
> Thanks,
> Angela LaFlash
> 217-652-2115
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minna Win via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 3:27 PM
> To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
>
> Hello Angela,
>
> It looks like you need some assistance in setting up your grid stat
config
> files. This ticket is being assigned to John Halley Gotway, who has
> expertise with this tool.
>
> Regards,
> Minna
> ---------------
> Minna Win
> NCAR
> Research Applications Lab
> Phone: 303-497-8423
> Fax: 303-497-8401
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor,
Code 7542
> via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wed May 01 16:21:38 2019: Request 90025 was acted upon.
> > Transaction: Ticket created by angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > Queue: met_help
> > Subject: help with climo_mean
> > Owner: Nobody
> > Requestors: angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > Status: new
> > Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
> >
> >
> > Good Day Met Help,
> >
> > I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically
looking
> > at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main dictionary
that I
> > want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file into
the
> > climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
> >
> > WARNING:
> > WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file
> > "/path/to/climo/file"
> > WARNING:
> >
> > Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to be
in a
> > different format?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Angela LaFlash
> > Scientific Programmer
> > DeVine Consulting, Inc.
> > 409 Washington St.
> > Suite 202A
> > Monterey, CA 93940
> > Cell: 217-652-2115
> > angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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Subject: RE: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
From: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
Time: Fri May 03 10:04:59 2019
Thanks for the info, John!
I'll be using this for my conversion. I have another question, what
is the difference between the "climo_mean file_name" and the "field
name"? So far, the below is my set up, but I'm not sure if it's
correct.
climo_mean = {
file_name = [];
field = [
{
name = "read_NRL_binary.py /path/to/climo/file";
cat_thresh = [ NA ];
}
];
Thanks,
Angela LaFlash
217-652-2115
-----Original Message-----
From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 2:21 PM
To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
Hello Angela,
I see you have a question about configuring Grid-Stat. And I see
you're
trying to read a binary file as input. Unfortunately, the answer is
no,
MET cannot, in general, read generic binary files. Instead, MET needs
to
know the associated metadata about the file in order to process it
correctly. The file formats that MET can handle should be consistent
across all the individual tools. The following gridded data file
formats
are supported:
GRIB1, GRIB2, NetCDF files following the CF-convention (climate
forecast
convention), NetCDF files following the internal MET format (i.e. that
look
like the output of pcp_combine), the NetCDF output of the WRF p_interp
or
wrf_interp utilities.
And as of met-8.0, you also have the option of writing a Python script
to
read your data, define the associated metadata, and then pass that
data
into the MET tools via memory.
If your data is not already GRIB1/2 or one of the supported flavors of
NetCDF, you could consider that route. And this webpage includes
several
python examples:
https://dtcenter.org/met/users/downloads/analysis_scripts.php
Hope that helps clarify.
Thanks,
John
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 4:36 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
>
> Thank you Minna,
>
> I look forward to John's response.
>
> Thanks,
> Angela LaFlash
> 217-652-2115
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Minna Win via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 3:27 PM
> To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
>
> Hello Angela,
>
> It looks like you need some assistance in setting up your grid stat
config
> files. This ticket is being assigned to John Halley Gotway, who has
> expertise with this tool.
>
> Regards,
> Minna
> ---------------
> Minna Win
> NCAR
> Research Applications Lab
> Phone: 303-497-8423
> Fax: 303-497-8401
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor,
Code 7542
> via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wed May 01 16:21:38 2019: Request 90025 was acted upon.
> > Transaction: Ticket created by angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > Queue: met_help
> > Subject: help with climo_mean
> > Owner: Nobody
> > Requestors: angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > Status: new
> > Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
> >
> >
> > Good Day Met Help,
> >
> > I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically
looking
> > at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main dictionary
that I
> > want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file into
the
> > climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
> >
> > WARNING:
> > WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file
> > "/path/to/climo/file"
> > WARNING:
> >
> > Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to be
in a
> > different format?
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Angela LaFlash
> > Scientific Programmer
> > DeVine Consulting, Inc.
> > 409 Washington St.
> > Suite 202A
> > Monterey, CA 93940
> > Cell: 217-652-2115
> > angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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Subject: help with climo_mean
From: John Halley Gotway
Time: Fri May 03 10:35:43 2019
Angela,
You know I don't believe I've ever tested putting a python script in
the
climo_mean section. So I just tried it and fortunately it worked
fine.
For a concrete example, I've attached a python script (one from the
MET
website), a data file, and a Grid-Stat config file. With these, I ran
the
following command:
* /usr/local/met-8.0/bin/grid_stat PYTHON_NUMPY PYTHON_NUMPY
GridStatConfig -outdir .*
This just reads the 8th record from that sample binary file as the
forecast
data, the 9th record as the observation data, and the 10the record as
the
climo data. So this is just an example to illustrate the syntax.
Normally when you run Grid-Stat, you list the forecast file and
observation
file on the command line. If you're using a python script, you
replace
them with the constant string "PYTHON_NUMPY" and that triggers the
right
logic in MET. Similarly, in the config file, the climo_mean
"file_name" is
supposed to the the path the gridded data file where the climo data
lives.
And "field" describes the data to be read. I've used the following in
the
attached Grid-Stat config file:
* file_name = [ "PYTHON_NUMPY" ]; field = [ { name =
"read_CPC_binary.py gefs-legacy-00z_rfcst-cal_tmean_20170807_8-
14day.bin
10"; } ];*
Hopefully that helps get you going.
Thanks,
John
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 10:05 AM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
>
> Thanks for the info, John!
>
> I'll be using this for my conversion. I have another question, what
is
> the difference between the "climo_mean file_name" and the "field
name"? So
> far, the below is my set up, but I'm not sure if it's correct.
>
> climo_mean = {
>
> file_name = [];
> field = [
> {
> name = "read_NRL_binary.py /path/to/climo/file";
> cat_thresh = [ NA ];
> }
> ];
>
> Thanks,
> Angela LaFlash
> 217-652-2115
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Halley Gotway via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 2:21 PM
> To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
> Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
>
> Hello Angela,
>
> I see you have a question about configuring Grid-Stat. And I see
you're
> trying to read a binary file as input. Unfortunately, the answer is
no,
> MET cannot, in general, read generic binary files. Instead, MET
needs to
> know the associated metadata about the file in order to process it
> correctly. The file formats that MET can handle should be
consistent
> across all the individual tools. The following gridded data file
formats
> are supported:
> GRIB1, GRIB2, NetCDF files following the CF-convention (climate
forecast
> convention), NetCDF files following the internal MET format (i.e.
that look
> like the output of pcp_combine), the NetCDF output of the WRF
p_interp or
> wrf_interp utilities.
>
> And as of met-8.0, you also have the option of writing a Python
script to
> read your data, define the associated metadata, and then pass that
data
> into the MET tools via memory.
>
> If your data is not already GRIB1/2 or one of the supported flavors
of
> NetCDF, you could consider that route. And this webpage includes
several
> python examples:
> https://dtcenter.org/met/users/downloads/analysis_scripts.php
>
> Hope that helps clarify.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 4:36 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code
7542
> via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
>
> >
> > <URL: https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025 >
> >
> > Thank you Minna,
> >
> > I look forward to John's response.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Angela LaFlash
> > 217-652-2115
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Minna Win via RT [mailto:met_help at ucar.edu]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 3:27 PM
> > To: LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor, Code 7542
> > Subject: Re: [rt.rap.ucar.edu #90025] help with climo_mean
> >
> > Hello Angela,
> >
> > It looks like you need some assistance in setting up your grid
stat
> config
> > files. This ticket is being assigned to John Halley Gotway, who
has
> > expertise with this tool.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Minna
> > ---------------
> > Minna Win
> > NCAR
> > Research Applications Lab
> > Phone: 303-497-8423
> > Fax: 303-497-8401
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:22 PM LaFlash, Ms. Angela, Contractor,
Code
> 7542
> > via RT <met_help at ucar.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Wed May 01 16:21:38 2019: Request 90025 was acted upon.
> > > Transaction: Ticket created by
angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > > Queue: met_help
> > > Subject: help with climo_mean
> > > Owner: Nobody
> > > Requestors: angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > > Status: new
> > > Ticket <URL:
https://rt.rap.ucar.edu/rt/Ticket/Display.html?id=90025
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Good Day Met Help,
> > >
> > > I am currently working with the MET version 8.0 and specifically
> looking
> > > at grid-stat. I have a configuration file and the main
dictionary
> that I
> > > want to edit is the climo_mean. I have entered a binary file
into the
> > > climo_mean "file_name" and have received the following error:
> > >
> > > WARNING:
> > > WARNING: read_climo_file() -> Trouble reading climatology file
> > > "/path/to/climo/file"
> > > WARNING:
> > >
> > > Can the climo_mean read binary climo files or do these need to
be in a
> > > different format?
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Angela LaFlash
> > > Scientific Programmer
> > > DeVine Consulting, Inc.
> > > 409 Washington St.
> > > Suite 202A
> > > Monterey, CA 93940
> > > Cell: 217-652-2115
> > > angela.laflash.ctr at nrlmry.navy.mil
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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