<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">At the NWS we have been using grads to create images from
grib files on the fly. Users use a front
end interface to select a model (which is just a grib file on a server), field,
and view, and submits a job. Within 3-4
seconds the server is able to launch grads, open the grib file, and produce
50-100 images for the user to view. This
works extremely well for CONUS datasets with medium to coarse resolutions (up
to 6km). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have started using higher resolution grib files (1 km
radar files are attached) and they are substantially slower. The main problem comes from opening the
file. If a user selects radar for
Northern California, it takes grads approximately 18 seconds just to open the
1km CONUS radar file (scanning descriptor file)..and then grads plots rather
quickly. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">A workaround we have been using is to subset the data on the
fly (since we don’t know the area the user will select). This example regrids the CONUS radar for
northern California. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">wgrib2 1kmradar_201512241600.grib2 -small_grib 233:243
36.8:42.8 1kmradar_201512241600.grib2.small</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">The small grib file will open in GrADS in about 1
second. Regridding, and remaking the ctl
and idx is substantially faster, but still requires a lot of time. My question is, is there any way to speed up
the scanning of the CONUS descriptor file without subset the grib file. For example, grads would not scan the entire conus
descriptor file when we just need to look at Northern California (or whatever portion
of the US the users selects). </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">We appreciate all the help,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Travis</p></div>