DATA FILES NEEDED BY THE AWIPS BUILD 5.1.1 MSAS SURFACE ASSIMILATION SYSTEM updated 12/19/00 Logical name (link) Description *.INI Initialization files included in most programs, currently unused but available for passing in parameters, etc. (* = program name) *.OUT Standard output (unit 6) from programs. (* = program name) *.ERR Standard errors (unit 0) from programs. (* = program name) ACCEPTIN Text file for QC subjective intervention. The accept list is a list of stations and associated input observations that a user wishes to label as good, regardless of the outcome of the QC checks. ACCEPTOUT Accept list output file. ANLBLND Weights for blending the external background forecast model (e.g., Eta) and persistence first guess fields. ASOSDAT Messages from program ASOS. BUOYDIR Input directory for buoy observations. BUOYQC I/O directory for QC'ed buoy observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. BUOYTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for buoys. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. CONF_FILE.DAT Parameters for grid netCDF write. Separate files exist for FSL/FD and FSL/WFO-Advanced implementations. CSV_DIR Output directory for QC'ed CSV observation files for mesonet data being QC'ed in QCSTG1_2. CSVPRE ASCII 2-character string containing the prefix for QCSTG1_2 and QCSTG3 to use in filenames when creating QC'ed CSV observation files for mesonet data. DAYSUM[0-6] QC daily summary statistics for each of the most current 7 days. Statistics are calculated using the stations saved in the qcobs files. Only stations failing the QC > 25% are listed. Day# = MOD((julian day-1),7) GRIDDIR Input directory for background forecast model grids. GRDPARM Coriolis parameter and map-scale factor times grid length for the MSAS domain. GSOSDIR Input directory for observations from the GPS Surface Observing System. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. GSOSQC I/O directory for QC'ed GSOS observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. GSOSTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for GSOS's. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. GUESTYP Type of first guess to use (combined background forecast model and persistence, or background forecast model only). LTLN Latitude and longitude of MSAS grid points. MAPTIME ASCII string containing the date and time format: YYDDDHHMM (year-julian day-hour-'00'.) MDL03P 3h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. MDL06P 6h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) MDL09P 9h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. MDL12P 12h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) MDL18P 18h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) MDL24P 24h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) MDL30P 30h-forecast of upper-air fields from the most recent background forecast model run (isobaric surfaces in MSAS format.) MESODIR Input directory for QC'ed local mesonet observations. MESOQC I/O directory for QC'ed local mesonet observations. MESORAW Input directory for raw local mesonet observations. MESOTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for local mesonets. METARDIR Input directory for METAR observations. METARQC I/O directory for QC'ed METAR observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. METARTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for METARs. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. MNTHSUM QC monthly summary statistics for the current month (4 weeks). Statistics are calculated using the stations saved in the qcwk files. Only stations failing the QC > 25% are listed. MPSBUOY Current buoy data (in MSAS format.) MPSSAO Current surface data for all sources except buoy (in MSAS format.) MSASPTS The location of MSAS grid points in the coordinates of the background forecast model. MSAS_QCOBS.CDL NetCDF obs file cdl. PROFDIR Input directory for profiler observations. PROFQC I/O directory for QC'ed profiler observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PROFTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for profilers. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PVMD03P 3h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PVMD06P 6h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVMD09P 9h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PVMD12P 12h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVMD18P 18h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVMD24P 24h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVMD30P 30h-forecast of upper-air fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVMPB[01/03/12] Buoy data from 1/3/12h previous (in MSAS format.) PVMPS[01/03/12] Surface data (all sources but buoy) from 1/3/12h previous (in MSAS format.) PVSANX[1-3] MSAS analyzed surface grids from [1-3]h previous. PVSCH[01/03/12] MSAS search table from 1/3/12h previous. PVSMD03 3h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PVSMD06 6h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVSMD09 9h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. PVSMD12 12h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVSMD18 18h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVSMD24 24h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) PVSMD30 30h-forecast of surface fields from the previous background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) QC_CDL The netCDF CDL for current data source being QC'ed in QCSTG1_2. The set of CDL's for WFO-Advanced currently includes only MAPS_PARMS/QCmesonet.cdl. QCDAY[0-6] QC daily accumulation statistics for each of most current 7 days. Statistics are calculated using the stations saved in the qcobs files. All stations are included. Day# = MOD((julian day-1),7) QC_DIR Output directory for QC'ed netCDF observation files for the current data source being QC'ed in QCSTG1_2. The set of directories for WFO-Advanced currently includes only MESOQC. QCMNTH QC monthly accumulation statistics for the current month (4 weeks). Statistics are calculated using the stations saved in the qcwk files. All stations are listed. QCOBS[hh] Observations, quality control words and obser- vation errors for hour [hh]. QCSMRY[hh] Quality control statistics for hour [hh]. All stations failing the QC are listed. QCSTATS Daily QCMS stage 1, 2 & 3 summary table. QCTIME ASCII string containing the date and time format: YYDDDHHMM (year-julian day-hour-'00'.) QCWK[0-3] QC weekly accumulation statistics for each of the most current 4 weeks. Statistics are calculated using the stations saved in the qcday files. All stations are listed. Wk# = MOD(INT(julian day-1)/7),4) RAW_DIR Input directory for raw observation files for the current data source being QC'ed in QCSTG1_2. The set of directories for WFO-Advanced currently includes only MESORAW. REJECTIN Text file for QC subjective intervention. The reject list is a list of stations and associated input observations that a user wishes to label as bad, regardless of the outcome of the QC checks. REJECTOUT Reject list output file. REPLISTE Current list of mesonet netCDF error records to be reprocessed in QCSTG1_2. REPLISTN Current list of mesonet netCDF rewritten records to be reprocessed in QCSTG1_2. REPLISTO Previous list of mesonet netCDF rewritten records to be reprocessed in QCSTG1_2. SANX Current MSAS analyzed surface grids (in MSAS format). SAODIR Input directory for SAO observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. SAOQC I/O directory for QC'ed SAO observations. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. SAOTBL QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for SAOs. Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. SCCTHR Spatial consistency check threshold factors. SFCHQCIN Text translation file linking data providers (e.g. CDOT, ASOS) with the subsource numbers used in the code. SFC_RESIDUALS[00-05].DAT Verification stats for all the observations (00) and regional compilations (01-05). SFG Current MSAS first guess grids (in MSAS format). SMDL03 3h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. SMDL06 6h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) SMDL09 9h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) Not currently used in WFO-Advanced. SMDL12 12h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) SMDL18 18h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) SMDL24 24h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) SMDL30 30h-forecast of surface fields from the most recent background forecast model run (in MSAS format.) SRCH Current MSAS search table. STADIC List of ASOS station names and regions. STRCLING List of stations v. record numbers that tracks ingest obs in MSAS database against their records in the input netCDF obs files. STRCLQC List of stations v. record numbers v. QC results that tracks QC'ed obs in MSAS database against their records in the input netCDF obs files. TD1HAGO Tide file for 1 hour previous to the current analysis time. TD2HAGO Tide file for 2 hours previous to the current analysis time. TD3HAGO Tide file for 3 hours previous to the current analysis time. TD4HAGO Tide file for 4 hours previous to the current analysis time. TD5HAGO Tide file for 5 hours previous to the current analysis time. TD6HAGO Tide file for 6 hours previous to the current analysis time. TDNOW Tide file for the current analysis time. TIMWIN Time window parameters for program SFCING. TOPMINI Minimum topography file for MSAS grid points. In each grid box, the minimum elevation from the high-resolution terrain data is chosen. WKSUM[0-3] QC weekly summary statistics for each of the most current 4 weeks. Statistics calculated using the stations saved in the qcday files. Only stations failing the QC > 25% are listed. Wk# = MOD(INT(julian day-1)/7),4) WORKTBL The QC work table (variables to be QC'ed, QC checks to be used, and thresholds for the QC checks) for current data source being QC'ed in QCSTG1_2 or SFCING. The set of work tables for WFO-Advanced currently includes MAPS_PARMS/qc_work_table.mesonet and MAPS_PARMS/qc_work_table.msas. {YYDDDHH}000000a NetCDF grid file for year/julian day/hour YYDDDHH. File contains analyses of MSAS SLP, potential temp, U component of the sfc wind, V component of the sfc wind, dew point temp, dew point depression, 3h altimeter change, NWS SLP, and SLP pressure derived from altimeter setting. {YYDDDHH}000100o NetCDF ob file for year/julian day/hour YYDDDHH. File contains all observations (and associated QC information) ingested into MSAS.