[Wrf-users] Help with GFS data to force WRF

[Carlos Ross]

Instead of getting the converted files to netcdf download the grib2 files
in "Web File Listing" not in "Get Converted Files"
The direct link is this:
https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds083.2/index.html#sfol-wl-/data/ds083.2?g=2



2017-09-28 2:46 GMT-03:00 Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>:

> Hi Jose:
>
> I appreciate your bringing to my attention the links to these pages.
> However, I will need authorization to go to the last link.
>
> I did some checking, but I see only ways to convert GRIB to NETCDF, but
> not the reverse.
>
> If you just need 0.5 degree data, you can get reanalysis GFS data from the
> site I mentioned. If it is for model runs, it should be acceptable.
>
> Otherwise, perhaps WRFHelp can comment.
>
> Barry
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga <
> veiga.uea at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Barry,
>>
>> To access GFS data I do the following steps:
>>
>> 1) go to the WRF user site (http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/)
>>
>> 2) I access the link Download (Input Data from NCAR)
>>
>> 3) I choose the link to access  NCEP Final Analysis (GFS-FNL) *ds083.2 *
>>
>> 4) Go to https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds083.2/#!access
>>
>> 5) And final
>> l
>> y I access the products *GRIB2 6 HOURLY FILES 2007.12.06* to current
>> (get converted files)
>> .
>>
>> Is this wrong?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 9:39 PM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> Where are you downloading this data?
>>>
>>> I didn't notice this change.
>>>
>>> https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 10:55 PM, Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga <
>>> veiga.uea at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> some months ago I used to download GFS data in Grib2 format to force
>>>> WRF model. However, nowadays, these data are available in Netcdf format. In
>>>> this case, I would like to know what software can I use to convert them
>>>> into Grib2 format?
>>>>
>>>> I tried CDO (version 1.8), via the command:
>>>>
>>>> cdo -f grb2 fnl_20160908_12_00.grib2.nc  fileout.grb2
>>>>
>>>> However, it didn't work. See the message bellow:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Warning (set_zaxistype) : NetCDF attribute level_type='ground or water
>>>> surface' unsupported!*
>>>>
>>>> *Warning (set_gridtype) : NetCDF attribute
>>>> grid_type='latitude/longitude' unsupported!*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I really appreciate if someone could tell me what should I do to
>>>> convert these data into Grib2 format to force WRF.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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