SUBJECT
Title
Informatics in weather forecast
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
1+2
Recommended in
Semester 2
Typically offered in
Spring semester
Course description
The NetCDF data format, advantages of using NetCDF. The COARDS and the CF convention. The CRU TS 1.2 and 2.1 datasets, practical examples using CRU data. Introduction to the ECMWF IFS model, work with ECMWF deterministic forecast and EPS data. Introduction to GrADS scripts. Creating flat binary files with GrADS for FORTRAN. Exporting 2D meteorological fields from GrADS, reading the data with FORTRAN, data manipulation with 2D fields. Creating binary output with FORTRAN and reading the result with GrADS.
Readings
- Woods, A. (2006). Medium-Range Weather Prediction - the European Approach. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-26928-3.
- GrADS tutorial: http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/tutorial.html
- ECMWF newsletters online: http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/newsletters/
- NetCDF documantation: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/
- COARDS convention: http://ferret.wrc.noaa.gov/noaa_coop/coop_cdf_profile.html
- Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata convention: http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/
- wgrib documentation: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib.html