Describe the Enhancement

dtcenter/MET#3030 enhances the Series-Analysis tool in MET to compute the gradient statistics that are currently written by the Grid-Stat tool. The work for that issue makes 2 changes to the MET Series-Analysis configuration file:

1. Adds the gradient dictionary from the Grid-Stat config file to Series-Analysis:

//
// Gradient statistics
// May be set separately in each "obs.field" entry
//
gradient = {
   dx = [ 1 ];
   dy = [ 1 ];
}

2. Adds a new output_stats.grad entry to request a list of one or more statistics from the GRAD line type:

//
// Statistical output types
//
output_stats = {
...
   grad   = [];
}

This issue is to update the SeriesAnalysis wrapper accordingly with the enhancements.

Note that @KathrynNewman is the scientist working on dtcenter/MET#3030 and would be a good choice to advise on corresponding wrapper updates.

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1 day?

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Do not charge NRL METplus after 12/30

Funding Source

7730022 NRL METplus

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