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    Interestingly the GUSTsfc variable seems to be stripped out of the
    dataset over DODS? It's not listed in the variable listing (for any
    of the GFS datasets - on NOMADS or Monsoondata)<br>
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    <a
href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z.info">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z.info</a><br>
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    Actually I notice there are 227 variables available there while the
    master dataset available through HTTP/Grib Filter contains 250
    variables - so quite a few variables aren't available.&nbsp; Not sure of
    the reason for this?<br>
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    Kind regards,<br>
    <br>
    Ben<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/09/2013 9:07 AM, Ken Kato wrote:<br>
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          color="#0000ff"><span class="364420523-01092013">Hi Ben and
            all,</span></font></div>
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          color="#0000ff"><span class="364420523-01092013">Yep I've
            tried that but it still comes up with:</span></font></div>
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          color="#0000ff"><span class="364420523-01092013">Syntax
            Error:&nbsp; Invalid Operand<br>
            &nbsp; 'gustsfc' not a variable or function name</span></font></div>
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      <div><span class="364420523-01092013"></span><font face="Arial"><font
            color="#0000ff"><font size="2">Ken.</font></font></font></div>
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        <font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b>
          <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>
          [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org">mailto:gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben
          Quinn<br>
          <b>Sent:</b> Monday, 2 September 2013 9:01 AM<br>
          <b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Displaying GFS wind gust speeds
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      Hi Ken,<br>
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      There doesn't seem to be any direction data in the GUSTsfc
      variable, only the wind gust speed itself.&nbsp; On the page that you
      link to the associated grads script simply displays the GUSTsfc
      variable by<br>
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      'd GUSTsfc * 1.9438449'<br>
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      Kind regards,<br>
      <br>
      Ben<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/09/2013 8:50 AM, Ken Kato wrote:<br>
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              class="616331222-01092013">Hi all,</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">Does anyone know how to display
              surface wind gust speeds using the GFS datasets
              (self-describing format, high definition)&nbsp;from either
              the&nbsp;NOMAD or monsoondata servers?</span></font></div>
        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">For example, if I use the
              script below:</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">'sdfopen <a
href="http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z%27"
                moz-do-not-send="true">http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov:9090/dods/gfs_hd/gfs_hd20130901/gfs_hd_12z'</a><br>
              'set LAT -47 -8'<br>
              'set LON 105 160'<br>
              'set lev 1000'<br>
              'set t 5'</span></font></div>
        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">'d
              mag(ugrd10m,vgrd10m,gustssfc)'</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">... it just results in:</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">Error from MAG:&nbsp; Too many or
              too few args<br>
              &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Two arguments expected<br>
              Operation Error:&nbsp; Error from mag function<br>
              &nbsp; Error ocurred at column 1<br>
              DISPLAY error:&nbsp; Invalid expression</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">I've tried all sorts of
              different combinations such as "d
              mag(ugrd10m;vgrd10m;gustssfc)", "d gustssfc", etc as well
              as the GFS data from monsoondata but no luck.&nbsp;However,
              some websites offer GFS wind gust speed charts (e.g. <a
href="http://forecasts.bsch.com.au/stormcast.html?ops=gfs:2013090106:2013090606:aus:gustssfc:null#sc"
                moz-do-not-send="true">http://forecasts.bsch.com.au/stormcast.html?ops=gfs:2013090106:2013090606:aus:gustssfc:null#sc</a>)
              and I've seen the "gustssfc" variable mentioned in past
              discussions but doesn't appear in the datasets' </span></font><font
            face="Arial" size="2"><span class="616331222-01092013">variables
              list.</span></font></div>
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        <div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
              class="616331222-01092013">Ken.</span></font></div>
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