Describe the New Use Case

This use case will look at Altimeter wave heights, comparing their output to the wave watch model. This is timely, as the next wave watch model upgrade is integrated in the GEFS and GFS.

Use Case Name and Category

Use case name is unknown for now, but should follow:
PointStat_fcstGFS_obsNDBC_WaveHeight

Note that WaveWatch output, the model of focus, is included in GFS and GEFS.

This use case can reside in the Marine_and_Cryosphere category, as it deals with wave heights.

Input Data

Fcst source: wave watch model data (need size, type)
Obs source: NDBC buoy Altimeter data (ASCII, ranging in size from 600KB to 2.5KB)

Work to ingest the Altimeter wave height data was previously accomplished by Jake Campbell, who graciously provided his scripts to us for use. This work included taking the above data sources and combining them into a conglomerate netCDF, which this use case will be provided.

George pulled copies onto Seneca, under: /d1/projects/METplus/METplus_Data/development/WW3_data.

Acceptance Testing

Success of this use case will be two things: a successful run through METplus with the datasets listed above, and meaningful output for OPC that their center can utilize.

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Time Estimate

1-3 days
Issues should represent approximately 1 to 3 days of work.

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Relevant Deadlines

None

Funding Source

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Define Related Issue(s)

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New Use Case Checklist

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