WPS (Meteorological Data to the Intermediate Format)

[suhyun_kim]

In the WPS process, I need to use NetCDF-format data as the input instead of GRIB-format data. Converting the data using tools such as CDO does not complete successfully. Is there a way to run WPS up to metgrid while using NetCDF-format data directly as the input?

 

[Ming Chen]

Datafiles in netCDF format cannot be processed by metgrid.exe. You need to read the netCDF datafiles, output to new files in intermediate format for metgrid.exe to use.

Please see the details in Chapter 3: WRF Standard Initialization. A piece of Fortran code is provided in this website to output intermediate format data.

Let ms know if you have more questions.