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MADIS WRF-Var Interface |
Overview
By downloading and installing the MADIS WRF-Var interface, users of
the Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF) variational data assimilation package
can ingest MADIS data from ESRL/GSD, or AWIPS data, into the WRF-Var
analysis. The interface is a superset of the WRF-Var package, once
it has been installed, users will be able to switch back and forth
between the observation formats supported by the original package, and
ESRL/GSD MADIS or AWIPS observations.
The MADIS WRF-Var interface supports the ingest of the following
observation types: land surface (including ASOS, other METAR, Canadian
SAO's, modernized NWS Cooperative Observer, and a large number of
mesonets), maritime (including ships, buoys and C-MAN stations),
GPSMET Integrated Precipitable Water, NOAA Profiler Network (NPN)
winds, Multi-Agency Profiler (MAP) winds, automated aircraft,
radiosonde, and GOES satellite winds (operational or experimental).
Prerequisites
In order to install and run the MADIS WRF-Var interface, you will need
to have the following software packages installed on your system:
In addition, you will need to set up MADIS data directories and populate
them with the datasets of interest, per instructions that are provided
when you subscribe.
Software Download
The current version release is 2.3, May 24, 2007.
Last updated May 24, 2007.
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