[Wrfems] Any interest in historical ECMWF data for WRF initialization?

[Carl Dierking]

Bob,
We're definitely interested.  Will this be a problem for Alaska domains?
Carl

Robert Rozumalski wrote:
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>
> Good Morning All,
>
> I may be able to get access the ECMWF ERA Interm data set for WRF EMS 
> model initialization. This
> data set covers a similar period (1981-current) as that of the 
> Reanalysis II, but at a better spatial resolution
> (1.5 degree Vs. 5 degree). I've already tested the data with the EMS 
> and everything works.
>
> You can manually download the data from:
>
>    http://data-portal.ecmwf.int/data/d/interim_daily
>
> but the data sets can be very large. I would eventually make then 
> available through the
> personal tile data servers.
>
> The files would only be available to NWS and collaborators for 
> research and training purposes only,
> so I could not make these data available to commercial groups.
>
> Any publications would have to site the ECMWF.
>
> Is there any interest in these data before I start requesting disk 
> space for 10Tbs of data?
>
> Bob
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