model-munger 0.3.1

Extract vertical profiles from NWP models and output netCDF files

Model Munger

Extract vertical profiles from numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and output netCDF files.

Supported models

Model	Horizontal resolution	Vertical resolution	Temporal resolution	Download
ARPEGE	Native	105 model levels	1 hour	Not supported
ECMWF open data	0.25 degrees	13 pressure levels	3 hours	Last days from ECMWF, few years from AWS
GDAS1	1 degree	23 pressure levels	3 hours	Since December 2004

Processing steps

Model Munger deals with three types of files:

• Raw data is model output stored for example as GRIB files. Model Munger can download the raw data for some models.
• Intermediate files are netCDF files containing vertical profiles in a single fixed or moving location. There may be multiple intermediate files, for example one for each model run. For some models, Model Munger extracts intermediate files from the raw data, but for other models, it uses the output from other tools.
• Output file is a harmonized netCDF file generated from one or more intermediate files. The output file contains up to 24 hours of data from a single fixed or moving location, possibly combined from different model runs.

License

MIT