Access Tutorial Meteorological Input & Output Data



Input Data



Initial Exercise

These data were used for the following tutorial exercises:


Download

co_blizzard.tar.gz

Case

NE Colorado Blizzard; March, 2021

Type

Global one-degree final analysis from the NCEP GFS model

Interval

Every 6 hours

Initial Time

2023-03-31_00:00:00

End Time

2023-04-01_00:00:00

File Root

fnl_20210314

Vtable

Vtable.GFS





Severe Storm Outbreak March 2023

These data were used for the following tutorial exercises:


Download

severe_outbreak.tar.gz

Case

Severe storm outbreak from March of 2023 in the midwest and southeast United States. There were over 1000 severe weather reports that included 188 tornado reports.

Type

Global one-degree final analysis from the NCEP GFS model

Interval

Every 6 hours

Initial Time

2023-03-31_00:00:00

End Time

2023-04-01_00:00:00

File Root

fnl_20230

Vtable

Vtable.GFS





Hurricane Matthew 2016

These data were used for the following tutorial exercises:


Download

matthew.tar.gz

Case

Hurricane Matthew

which made landfall as a category 4 hurricane over Haiti

and then weakened before hitting the U.S. coast of South Carolina.

Type

Global NCEP GFS

Interval

Every 3 hours

Initial Time

2016-10-06_00:00:00

End Time

2016-10-08_00:00:00

File Root

gfs.0p25.2016100600.f0

Vtable

Vtable.GFS





SST Data

These data were used for the following tutorial exercises:


Download

cfsv2_sst.tar.gz

Type

Archived global SST GRIB1 data

Interval

Daily (every 24 hours)

Initial Time

2016-10-06_00:00:00

End Time

2016-10-08_00:00:00

File Root

rtg_sst_grb_hr_0.083.2016100

Vtable

Vtable.SST






Output Data

The following files are available from the Two-way Nested Domain exercise:

namelist.input
wrfbdy_d01
wrfinput_d0*
wrfout_d0*




Obtain Files from NCAR HPC

Important

This can only be done before your HPC account access expires.


Use the following instructions to copy files from Derecho to your local machine.

  1. Navigate to the directory on Derecho where your files reside.


  2. Issue the command pwd. This prints your current path where your files reside. Use keyboard or mouse commands to copy the path.


  3. Now open another terminal window (or tab) - DO NOT LOG IN TO DERECHO - and move to a directory on your local system where you would like to put the files.


  4. On your local system, issue a version of the following command (modify it for your specific files/paths) to copy the files from Derecho to your local machine.

    scp user-name@derecho.hpc.ucar.edu:/path-to-your-files/files* .
    

Note

If you are copying numerous files, it will be quicker to first package the files and then just copy that single packaged file. To package several files together, go to the directory where the files reside and then issue something like the following:

tar -cf file-name-you-choose.tar files*

Make sure to include the star (*) so that it grabs all the files with that prefix. You can then go to your local machine and start with step 4 above, but just copy the single .tar file, instead of multiple files.