Hi Rich...
You probably don't need any satellite image data with resolutions
greater than what GOES provides -- 1km for visible and 4km for the IR
channels. These should all be available through the IDV...in the
image chooser, pick the adde.ucar.edu server, and RTIMAGES for the
dataset....and have fun...
tom
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Rich Signell <rsignell@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Gerry,
>
> I'm really interested in looking at coastal Massachusetts, where
> indeed the resolution of NAM leaves a bit to be desired. I'm not hard
> over on NAM -- I'm just wondering how well atmospheric models do with
> clouds in coastal regions, and I thought I'd look at models and data
> in IDV to get some intuition (as a more fun prelude to doing a
> literature review. ;-)
>
> -Rich
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Gerald Creager <gerry.creager@xxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Rich, NAM's on a 3 hour output and the resolution depends on which one you
>> get. They decimate the original model for a variety of uses. Are you looking
>> at a whole-CONUS region? Is NAM your model of choice or are there
>> alternatives, or some leeway in model selection?
>>
>> OF the NCEP models, NAM has about the best resolution unless you want to run
>> something special, at 12 km. That's not necessarily cloud-resolving, though.
>> The HRRR and RUC have higher resolutions that you can work with, but are
>> shorter in duration.
>>
>> gerry
>>
>> Rich Signell wrote:
>>>
>>> What would be the best space and time resolution datasets available in
>>> IDV to compare with "total cloud cover" from a model like NAM?
>>>
>>
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