On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Javier Peņa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:javier.p@ereda.com">javier.p@ereda.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Javier Peņa</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:javier.p@ereda.com" target="_blank">javier.p@ereda.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 2010/9/29<br>
Subject: Water vapor data<br>To: <a href="mailto:GRADSUSR@list.cineca.it" target="_blank">GRADSUSR@list.cineca.it</a><br><br><br>
<div>Hello users:</div>
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<div>I need water vapor data for whole atmosferic column. I have read that it can be found in NCEP/NCAR reanalysis page but I donīt find in this page ( <a href="http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.html" target="_blank">http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.html</a> ).</div>
<div>Could someone help me to find the data? Does someones know where I can find it? </div>
<div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If you have a recent opengrads bundle installed you will have convenient access to the NASA MERRA re-analysis through OPeNDAP; in particular, running the "merra" utility will pop-up a GUI giving you access to pretty much the whole dataset. There are a few recipes in the Cookbook dealing with MERRA in GrADS, check these out:</div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><h2 style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(166, 166, 166); display: block; ">
<span class="mw-headline">Working with Reanalysis Data</span></h2><a name="NASA.2FGSFC_MERRA" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "></a><h3 style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 50px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); display: block; font-size: 18px; ">
<span class="mw-headline">NASA/GSFC MERRA</span></h3><ul style="margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; ">
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-014:_Accessing_MERRA_data_on_FTP/OPeNDAP_with_GrADS" title="Recipe-014: Accessing MERRA data on FTP/OPeNDAP with GrADS" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Accessing MERRA data on FTP/OPeNDAP with GrADS</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-015:_Easily_opening_MERRA_OPeNDAP_datasets" title="Recipe-015: Easily opening MERRA OPeNDAP datasets" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Easily opening MERRA OPeNDAP datasets</a> (these scripts are included with the OpenGrADS Bundle)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-016:_Accessing_MERRA_data_with_a_Graphical_User_Interface" title="Recipe-016: Accessing MERRA data with a Graphical User Interface" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Accessing MERRA data with a Graphical User Interface</a> (GUI also included)</li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-017:_Subsetting_and_reformating_MERRA_data_with_Lats4d" title="Recipe-017: Subsetting and reformating MERRA data with Lats4d" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Subsetting and reformating MERRA data with Lats4d</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-018:_Regridding_of_MERRA_data_for_comparison_with_other_reanalyses" title="Recipe-018: Regridding of MERRA data for comparison with other reanalyses" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Regridding of MERRA data for comparison with other reanalyses</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-019:_Comparing_Reanalyses_with_interpolation_from_MERRA_to_NCEP_Grid" title="Recipe-019: Comparing Reanalyses with interpolation from MERRA to NCEP Grid" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Comparing Reanalyses with interpolation from MERRA to NCEP Grid</a></li>
<li style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 3px; "><a href="http://cookbooks.opengrads.org/index.php?title=Recipe-021:_Using_GDS_Server-side_Commands_to_Plot_Reanalysis_Time_Series" title="Recipe-021: Using GDS Server-side Commands to Plot Reanalysis Time Series" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); ">Using GDS Server-side Commands to Plot Reanalysis Time Series</a></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;">It would be very helpful if someone could volunteer to write similar recipes for CFSRR and the ECMWF Interim re-analysis.</span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px;"><br></span></div><a name="NCEP.2FNCAR" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); "></a></span></div><div> Good Luck,</div><div><br></div><div> Arlindo</div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br>Arlindo da Silva<br><a href="mailto:dasilva@alum.mit.edu">dasilva@alum.mit.edu</a><br>