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Hi Dave- > Thanks again -- I'll try later (I guess that means tomorrow) to see if > the updated version of the server helps. It might take a while before the server is updated. This is not a production system. I'll let you know when it gets updated. > Also, in this case, I can't use the 80km CONUS data because my area of > interest is Asia. And, I knew that the 2.5 deg grid was used for the > 192hr and greater forecasts...I was just hoping (naively) that maybe the > earlier forecasts had been downscaled to this grid within the same data set. Okay. Don > On 4/8/2010 4:40 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > > Hi Dave- > > > >> Thanks for your help. The NCDC NOMADs server should work for what I > >> need. Thanks for sending the explicit link to it. It will be a great > >> resource for me both for my current project and in the future. > >> > >> For the other data sets you mentioned -- the ones at: > >> > >> Community Data Servers->Unidata Program Center Servers->Unidata LEAD > >> Server->NCEP Model Data->Global Forecast System Model > > > > It looks like this is running an old version of the server. I've notified > > the THREDDS group here of your problems. See my comments below though: > > > >> Unfortunately, they do not give me what I need. Here are the problems > >> with them: > >> > >> o Global 0.5 degree > >> > >> After hitting "Add Source" IDV appeared to try to load the data, but > >> then > >> gave the following error message: > >> > >> There was an error loading the data: > >> Error creating data source:OPENDAP.Grid with: > >> http://lead.unidata.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/model/NCEP/GFS > >> /Global_0p5deg/GFS_Global_0p5deg_20100206_1200.grib2 > >> Grid data source failed making data set: > >> dods://lead.unidata.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/model/NCEP/GFS > >> /Global_0p5deg/GFS_Global_0p5deg_20100206_1200.grib2 > >> Variable name (N5-Wave_Geopotential_Height_Anomaly) > >> must be unique within Group > > > > This is a bug. Hopefully updating the server will fix that. > > > >> o Global 1 degree > >> > >> Contains no forecast data sets; only has initial data. > > > > A configuration problem. > > > >> o Global 2.5 degree > >> > >> Forecast data available only for forecasts beginning with > >> Day 8 (192 hours).. > > > > That's expected and the same on other servers. > > > >> o Northern Hemisphere > >> > >> Has initial data and forecast data out to 120 hours, but the > >> resolution is much too coarse for what I need. > > > > I take it you need more than what the 80km CONUS covers. > > > >> In all cases I used "I'm Feeling Lucky" for my Data Source Type. > > > > That should work (with the caveats above). > > > >> Thanks again for your help! > > > > No problem. > > > > Don > > > >> On 4/8/2010 3:29 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote: > >>> Hi Dave- > >>> > >>>> Full Name: Dave Linder > >>>> Email Address: address@hidden > >>>> Organization: UCAR/COMET > >>>> Package Version: 2.8u1 build date:2010-02-02 22:30 UTC > >>>> Operating System: Linux > >>>> Hardware: Java: home: /.automounts/comet/linder/IDV/bin/IDV_2.8u1/jre > >>>> version: 1.6.0_17 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > >>>> Description of problem: Folks, > >>>> > >>>> I'm looking for GFS data, both initial and forecast, over Asia for a few > >>>> days in early February 2010. After looking through the data available > >>>> in the "Community Data Servers" area, the only data sets I could find > >>>> which might help were the GFS 381km data set (which seems to have > >>>> everythign I need but on a very coarse grid) and longer range forecasts > >>>> (forecasts> 180 hours) in the GFS 2.5 degree data set. Are there any > >>>> other GFS archive data sets which would give a better resolution than > >>>> the 381km grid and would have forecast grids between 6-96 hours? > >>> > >>> There are two places: > >>> > >>> - in the catalog, under Community Data Servers->Unidata Program Center > >>> Servers->Unidata LEAD Server->NCEP Model Data->Global Forecast System > >>> Model > >>> - NCDC's NOMADs server > >>> (http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/gfs-hi/catalog.xml) > >>> > >>> Don Murray > >>> > >>> Ticket Details > >>> =================== > >>> Ticket ID: BIG-535678 > >>> Department: Support IDV > >>> Priority: Normal > >>> Status: Open > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BIG-535678 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open