New Documentation for the Ensemble Dimension

[Jennifer Adams]

Hi, Paul --
That is a very good suggestion, something I had overlooked. I will add
something about ensemble metadata to the sdfopen doc as well as the
ensemble doc. Thanks!
--Jennifer

On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Paul Earnshaw wrote:

> Jennifer,
>
> Thank you for the extra documentation, it has been a great help.
>
> There was one thing I think may need to be added, and I am sorry if
> this
> is in the documentation and I have missed it somewhere. Could you make
> it clear how GrADS identifies the ensemble dimension in SDF files?
>
> By this I mean having either the attribute "axis" or "grads_dim" set
> to
> "E" or "e" for the ensemble dimension.
>
> I did eventually work it out by digging in the source code, and I
> think
> it would be useful in the main documentation.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul
>
> On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 08:57 -0500, Jennifer Adams wrote:
>> Hi, Everyone --
>> I have added a new section to the User's Guide that explains how the
>> ensemble dimension has been implemented in GrADS 2.0. Additional
>> topics include how to create a descriptor file for an ensemble data
>> set, how to organize your data using templating, special
>> considerations for certain data formats, and some examples (with
>> illustrations!) using real data.
>>
>> http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/ensembles.html
>>
>> Real time NCEP GFS Ensemble forecasts are behind our GDS at http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfsens/
>> Why not take a moment to fire up 'gradsdap', use 'sdfopen' to access
>> the latest forecast, and start playing with ensemble data. It's cool!
>>
>> --Jennifer
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