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

Barry Lynn barry.h.lynn at gmail.com
Thu Sep 28 10:36:10 MDT 2017 

Hi:

Glad to hear it!

Barry

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Jose Augusto Paixão Veiga <
veiga.uea at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Carlos and Barry,
>
> thank you very much for your attention and help with this topic.
>
> Now, I can easily find GFS data in grib2 format in the link
>  https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds083.2/index.html#
> sfol-wl-/data/ds083.2?g=2
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Carlos Ross <cf.ross at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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-/da
>> ta/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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>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>
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The Institute of the Earth Science,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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