1. LAPS Data Ingest 1 Steve Albers 1, Yuanfu Xie Global Systems Division NOAA/OAR/ESRL 1 CIRA at GSD Acknowledgements: FAB 2 nd LAPS User Workshop, 25 October 2012 Updated Oct 26

2. 2 Data Acquisition Flow Chart

3. 3  Publically available data sources Some are supported in LAPS If unsupported, should they be added to repository?  Locally available data Each user sets up modified data ingest Types of Data Sources

4. 4 1)Convert your data to NetCDF / GRIB input formats supported by LAPS Ingest Easy to port when installing new LAPS updates Conversion is done prior to running LAPS 2)Run a process independent of LAPS ingest that creates intermediate file (sched.pl may need modification) 3) Modify LAPS ingest software to handle your data Not recommended unless data format is general enough for widespread use and software changes can be added to LAPS repository Data Acquisition Strategies

5. 5 Data Acquisition Information  For each data type Where to find publically available data How to set up interface with unsupported or local data

6. 6 Wide Radar Volume Processing

7. 7  Level-II Radar now processed from Volume Files  Java Satellite Interface now available Obtain data from NESDIS ADDE server  MADIS Hydro and HADS data now supported  Improved surface obs QC (e.g. stuck temperature/wind) Recent Data Acquisition Improvements

8. 8  Wideband Radar now processed from Volume Files Augments existing options Portable Java Interface Processes Level-II data (e.g. from UNIDATA) Writes out one NetCDF file for each volume scan Can be remapped from polar to Cartesian format with ‘remap_polar_netcdf.exe’  Description and Download available: http://laps.noaa.gov/albers/remapper_raw.html  Currently supports reflectivity and radial velocity  Future support for Dual-Polarization parameters Radar Volume Files

9. 9  GPS Total Delay  Radar Dual-Polarization (e.g. for precip type) Airborne Radar Phased Array Radar (every minute)  GOES-R  Radiometers  Pyranometers (Solar Radiation) New Data Sources

10. Thanks Questions? More info at http://laps.noaa.gov 10