Source for GENS datasets

[Brian Gaze]

Thanks very much Wesley.

Is there a reason why the pgrba only contains grib files for the control run
+ 10 other members and not all 14 of them?

Thanks

Brian




----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Ebisuzaki" <Wesley.Ebisuzaki at NOAA.GOV>
To: <GRADSUSR at LIST.CINECA.IT>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Source for GENS datasets


> Brian Gaze wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone advise on the best location to download the GENS (GFS) GRIB
>> datasets? I've found the following http location, however, it seems
>> slow to update and sometimes does not list all of the days runs.
>>
>> http://nomad5.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/gens/archive/
>>
>> The alternative I've seen is the ftp source (see
>> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gens/ ) but I'd prefer to
>> stick to http download if there is a viable source.
>>
>> Does anyone know of other http locations where these files can be
>> downloaded from?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Brian
> Brian,
>
>    NCO has http access to their FTP server.  You can find the GENS data at
>
>                  http://www.ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/gens/prod/
>
> This server is run by NCEP Central Operations (NCO) and should be more
> reliable than the nomad-ncep servers.
> If you want .inv files for fast downloading (NCO calls them .idx files),
> ask NCO.  As far as I know, they
> have been very good in adding .idx files.
>
> (( For those who aren't familiar with .inv files, they are wgrib
> inventories of grib files.  With the proper
> software, one can randomly download selected records from a http
> server.  That can save huge amounts
> of download time.  See
> http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/fast_downloading_grib.html))
>
>          Wesley