National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF)

NCWF-2 Tuning Updates

This document gives a list of the tuning updates we think need to be made on the NCWF-2 system.

NCWF-2 Tuning Updates
File Name Change In dev_ncwf6? In NCWF-2?
In $NCWF_DATA_HOME/params:
_DsMdvServer.static+GrowthConstant Switch URL to point to constant 5.1 file. Also need to update $DATA_HOME/data_list/ncwf2.data_list to also use this file and then rurun setupRapDataDirs.py to install the new files. You could just put the new files in $RAP_DATA_DIR/ncwf2/mdv/growth_constant, but then they would be lost if NCWF-2 was reinstalled for some reason. 2-28-2005 not yet
constant_5.1_4km.mdv File needs to be added to $DATA_HOME/params directory. 2-28-2005 not yet
ncwf2.data_list Changed to grab the constant_5.1_4km.mdv file and put in growth_constant data directory. 2-28-2005 not yet
In $NCWF_EXTRAP_HOME/params:
TitanVectors2Mdv.ncwf Change polygon_growth_km value from "80" to "120". 2-28-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.interest_detect Change input_url to tops_filt. 3-3-2005 not yet
Titan.extrap Change dbz_field to be "0" instead of "radar/ltg". 3-2-2005 not yet
MdvMask.maxFilterTops Change trigger_url to "maxFilterTops". 3-3-2005 not yet
tops_filter.ncwf Change time_offset_max to 1200. 3-3-2005 not yet
In $NCWF_PROB_HOME/params:
MdvMerge2.fcst_30 Change merge_encoding value from "FLOAT32" to "INT8". 2-28-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_60 Change merge_encoding value from "FLOAT32" to "INT8". 2-28-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_90 Change merge_encoding value from "FLOAT32" to "INT8". 2-28-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_120 Change merge_encoding value from "FLOAT32" to "INT8". 2-28-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_30 Changed scale and bias so that GridForecast extrapolates on interest fields greater than 5.0. 3- 3-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_60 Changed scale and bias so that GridForecast extrapolates on interest fields greater than 5.0. 3- 3-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_90 Changed scale and bias so that GridForecast extrapolates on interest fields greater than 5.0. 3- 3-2005 not yet
MdvMerge2.fcst_120 Changed scale and bias so that GridForecast extrapolates on interest fields greater than 5.0. 3- 3-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_30 Change data_coverage_values value from "3.5" to "5.0". 2-28-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_60 Change data_coverage_values value from "3.5" to "5.0". 2-28-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_90 Change data_coverage_values value from "3.5" to "5.0". 2-28-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_120 Change data_coverage_values value from "3.5" to "5.0". 2-28-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_30 Changed angle_resolve_params from 14 to 5. 3-30-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_60 Changed angle_resolve_params from 14 to 5. 3-30-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_90 Changed angle_resolve_params from 14 to 5. 3-30-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_120 Changed angle_resolve_params from 14 to 5. 3-30-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_90 Changed default_templated axis to 3 from 5 to match 60min. 3-30-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.gridded_growth_120 Changed default_templated axis to 3 from 5 to match 60min. 3-30-2005 not yet
In $NCWF_DISTRIB_HOME/params:
mit_storm_filter.coverage_map_60 Change data_coverage_values to 5.0. 3-14-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_map_60 Input url changed to interest_detect. 3-14-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_map_120 Change data_coverage_values to 5.0. 3-14-2005 not yet
mit_storm_filter.coverage_map_120 Input url changed to interest_detect. 3-14-2005 not yet
tops_filter.level2 Change time_offset_max to 1200. 3-9-2005 not yet
In $NCWF_GROWTH_HOME/params:
tstorm_refl_fcst.gridded_growth Change storm_input_url to climo instead of trend. 4-10-2005 not yet

Author: Nancy Rehak
RAP, NCAR, P.O.Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
rehak@ucar.edu
Last Modified on 2 March 2005