Transcript P - GEMS Project at ECMWF

Web cross-cutting group
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Attendance: ~12
RAQ and AER were represented
ECMWF reported on their current
capability to:
Publish plots and data
 Produce verification and diagnostics
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Discussion
Plotting
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Provided that a finite set of plot
templates can be defined, plots could be
produced and published by ECMWF.
(RAQ and global models?).
Presentation consistency will facilitate
comparison.
Data server
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Frames for boundary conditions will be
available on data server.
RAQ model outputs will also be available
Access control will be required to
protect data.
Verification
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Verification against analysis can be done quite easily
for all models. It will be produced by ECMWF on a
routine basis.
Verification against observation will also be needed for
RAQ. It would be useful to use a common dataset of
observations to verify both RAQ and global models
(AER?) to use a common reference.
It was also stated that verification against
observations requires significant man-power and this
may not come very soon.
Requests
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Software from ECMWF
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Format conversion software: to BUFR, to GRIB,
from BUFR
Verification software
Plotting software
Web services to provide plotting and
verification of uploaded fields would be very
useful.
RAQ subgroup: BUFR software and
documentation access:
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http://ecmwf.int/products/data/software/bufr.html
Conclusion