[gradsusr] SREF: "Product Definition Template 9 not handled" error message with g2ctl.pl

Wed Oct 5 23:21:07 EDT 2011

WED 05OCT11: 2010PDT

I'm still having difficulty trying to set up a correct CTL file for the Short Range Ensemble Model (SREF) since g2ctl.pl does not correctly display the variables correctly in the file it creates. 

A WGRIB2 inventory of the file I am looking at is found here: 

MEAN: http://www.ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/sref/prod/sref.20111005/15/ensprod/sref.t15z.pgrb212.mean.grib2.idx
SPREAD: http://www.ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/sref/prod/sref.20111005/15/ensprod/sref.t15z.pgrb212.spread.grib2.idx
PROB:  http://www.ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/sref/prod/sref.20111005/15/ensprod/sref.t15z.pgrb212.prob.grib2.idx

I am not sure how to write out the APCP variables - for example: (MEAN)

forecast hour 6: 

179:1695832:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:3-6 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean
180:1700422:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:0-6 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean

at the end of the file : 

2053:18119750:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:84-87 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean
2054:18125217:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:81-87 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean
2055:18131995:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:75-87 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean
2056:18140088:d=2011100515:APCP:surface:63-87 hour acc fcst:wt ens-mean
I need to plot the precip mean/spread for precip every 6 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours, but have been at this for a week now, and still nowhere near a satisfactory solution. Likewise with the probability of rainfall exceeding 0.25" etc.... I was quite competent decoding grib1 and setting up CTL files based on the KPDS values, however, the SREF inventory has me stumped. 

If I know how do get this done, I should be able to create the CTL file for the probability files which is where I had the initial problem last week. 

Any help with an short example would greatly help me. 

Thanks in advance. 

Regards,

Kevin M Levey, MSc in Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Cape Town)
Vice President of Operations
CustomWeather, Inc.
San Francisco, California, USA

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On Sep 27, 2011, at 09/27/11 - 6:28 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:

> Never mind, I found a sample and will look into whether GrADS can handle this PDT. --Jennifer
> 
> On Sep 27, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Jennifer Adams wrote:
> 
>> What is the URL or FTP address where I can get a sample of this SREF file? --Jennifer
>>  
>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 5:06 PM, Kevin M Levey wrote:
>> 
>>> MON 26SEP11: 1400PDT
>>> 
>>> Hi
>>> 
>>> I'm busy processing SREF GRIB2 model data, specifically: AWIPS grid Regional - CONUS - Double Resolution (Lambert Conformal - 40km) Prob Products (NCEP ....ensprod/sref.tccz.pgrb212.prob.grib2).
>>> 
>>> I've had no problems using processing the SPREAD and MEAN files using gtcl.pl (ver:0.0.8.2) and wgrib2 (ver: v0.1.9.2c 3/2011 ), however, am running into issues when processing the probability files. 
>>> 
>>> Firstly, g2ctl.pl throws this: 
>>> 
>>> Warning: g2lib/g2clib jpeg deocde may differ from WMO standard, use use -g2clib 0 for WMO standard
>>> 
>>> and then running gribmap I get this: 
>>> 
>>> Product Definition Template 9 not handled 
>>> 
>>> As I understand it, wgrib2 doesn't know what to do as the table for SREF is not defined. The CTL file incorrectly shows only a few variables and none of the probability variables as listed on the NCEP site: 
>>> 
>>> http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/sref/sref.t03z.pgrb212.prob.grib2.shtml 
>>> 
>>> I'm somewhat stumped here as to how to correctly process these type files and display the desired variables in GRADS. 
>>> 
>>> Any help would be welcome.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Kevin M Levey, MSc in Oceans and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Cape Town)
>>> Vice President of Operations
>>> CustomWeather, Inc.
>>> San Francisco, California, USA
>>> 
>>> "Taking the World by Storm!"
>>> 
>>> http://www.customweather.com
>>> http://www.myforecast.com
>>> http://www.1stweather.com
>>> 
>>> cell: 415-794-0411
>>> work: 415-777-3566
>>> email: klevey at customweather.com
>>> 
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