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Table of Contents:
Data Locations
GRIB2
GRIB1
Creators of GRIB2
NDFD / NDGD
NCEP / HPC
Programs that use degrib output files.
Specifications
GRIB2
Other
Libraries
GRIB2
Other libraries used by degrib.
Extra: MS-Windows Utilities
Related government sites
Data Locations
:
GRIB2
National Digital Forecast Database
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.conus/
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndfd/AR.conus/
Custom Grids:
http://weather.gov/ndfd/select_grib.php
National Digital Guidance Database
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndgd/AR.conus/
ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/SL.us008001/ST.expr/DF.gr2/DC.ndgd/AR.conus/
Old Weather
Archived
NDFD
Data:
http://has.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plhas/HAS.FileAppSelect?datasetname=9959
Archived Model Data:
http://nomads.ncdc.noaa.gov/
Past Weather 1:
http://www.noaa.gov/pastweather.html
Past Weather 2:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Global 0.5 degree grid
GFS Model:
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnt/MT.gfs_CY.00/RD.20121010/PT.grid_DF.gr2/
ETA Model:
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnt/MT.eta_CY.00/RD.20121010/PT.grid_DF.gr2/
Data Locations
:
GRIB1
MOS (Model Output Statistic) Guidance
http://weather.gov/mdl/synop/products.shtml
AVN MOS (short range GFS) (CONUS):
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.mavcns/RD.20121010/
MRF MOS (long range GFS) (CONUS):
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.mexcns/RD.20121010/
ETA MOS (CONUS):
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/DF.gr1/DC.mos/DS.metcns/RD.20121010/
GFS model
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gfs/
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.gfs_CY.00/RD.20121010/PT.grid_DF.gr1/
ETA model
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/eta/
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.eta_CY.00RD.20121010/PT.grid_DF.gr1/
RUC2 model
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/ruc2/
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/SL.us008001/ST.opnl/MT.ruc_CY.00/RD.20121010/PT.grid_DF.gr1/
NCEP Products
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/
ECMWF model
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/mrf/prod/ecmwf.20121010/
UKMET model
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/mrf/prod/ukmet.20121010/
Creators of GRIB2: NDFD / NDGD
Meteorological Development Laboratory:
http://weather.gov/mdl
National Digital Forecast Database:
http://weather.gov/ndfd/
NDFD Graphical Forecasts:
http://weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/
NDGD Graphical Forecasts (currently just Air Quality):
http://weather.gov/aq/
NDFD Verification:
http://weather.gov/ndfd/verification/
NDFD / NDGD GRIB2 Customization:
NDFD use of GRIB2:
http://weather.gov/datamgmt/doc/GRIB2_encoding.html
NDFD WMO Heading Reference:
http://weather.gov/datamgmt/doc/ndfdref.html
Creators of GRIB2: NCEP / HPC
National Centers for Environmental Prediction:
http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
HPC Experimental Products:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/exp2.shtml
HPC Graphical Forecasts:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/5km_grids/5km_gridsbody.html
NCEP / HPC GRIB2 Customization:
Main NCEP GRIB2 Page:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/
NCEP Local parameter table:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/GRIB2_parmeter_conversion_table.html
NCEP originating "sub Center" definition table:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/on388/tablec.html
Programs that use degrib output files.
Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) (
Free
):
http://grads.iges.org/grads/grads.html
ESRI ArcExplorer (
Free
):
http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/
Specifications: GRIB2
WMO
GRIB2
Document FM92-X11
GRIB
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/GRIB.html
WMO
Common Code Tables (Table C-1 = originating "Center" table)
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes/OperationalCodes.html (See Common Code Tables)
WMO
Codes
http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes.html
Specifications: Other
ESRI shapefile specification:
http://www.esri.com/library/whitepapers/pdfs/shapefile.pdf
NetCDF CF convention:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/index.html
FGDC specification for meta data files:
http://www.fgdc.gov/fgdc/fgdc.html
FGDC specification for meta data files:
http://www.fgdc.gov/metadata/geospatial-metadata-standards#whatstandard
Libraries: GRIB2
National Center for Environmental Prediction's (
NCEP
)
GRIB2
Decoder library:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/docs/grib2/
Libraries: Other libraries used by degrib.
"emapf" - Conformal Map Projection Library:
http://www.arl.noaa.gov/HYSPLIT_cmapf.php
"zlib" - gzip Compression Library:
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
"libpng" - png Compression Library:
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
"jpeg2000" - JPEG 2000 Compression Library:
http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jasper/
NetCDF Specifications:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/
Tcl/Tk:
http://www.tcl.tk/
Tcl/Tk (version 8.3.2):
ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/tcl8_3/
Extra: MS-Windows Utilities
Cygwin (aka UNIX on top of MS-Windows):
http://cygwin.com
MinGW (Minimalist GNU For Windows) - free compiler:
http://www.mingw.org
Howto compile with no cygwin1.dll dependence:
http://www.nanotech.wisc.edu/%7Ekhan/software/gnu-win32/mno-cygwin-howto.txt
Freeman installer - Creates MS-Windows installation programs:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000003082
MS-Windows uncompression utility:
http://www.winzip.com/
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