Ioda-converters YAML for the [3D]-RTMA/RRFS lgycld data

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

Description

Write an example YAML for the LGYCLD [3D]-RTMA/RRFS data that converts a BUFR file to an IODA file using the bufr2ioda.x for the following subsets:

NC012003 -- A61203 | M TYPE 012-003 GPS - Integrated Precipitable Water NC012004 -- A62005 | M TYPE 012-004 Ground-based GNSS (GPS, etc.) data NC012150 -- A61111 | M TYPE 012-150 NASA Langley pixel-level cloud data

• [x] Extract the BUFR table, queries, and important Mnemonics information
• [x] Use this YAML to convert into an IODA-formatted netCDF file
• [x] Ioda obs validation using ioda-validate.x
• [x] Perform validation for the observations using the input BUFR and output IODA file
• [ ] Add output(s) to the testoutput directory
• [ ] Add tests to the CMakeLists.txt files
• [ ] Have the tests pass

Requirements

• All important mnemonics required by the [3D]-RTMA/RRFS users need to be known.

Acceptance Criteria

• It will be finished when all files have been checked and tests have passed.

Dependencies

• The bufr2ioda.x

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

Performed validation of the ioda-obs in the output ioda file generated using the bufr2ioda-x and following results were obtained:

Final results: errors: 0 warnings: 0

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

Validation of the output IODA results, obtained using the lgycld ioda-converters YAML and bufr2ioda.x, for the following two observations:

heightOfBaseOfCloud (HOCB) BUFR plot:

IODA plot:

pressureAtTopOfCloud (CDTP) BUFR plot:

IODA plot:

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

Please note extra observations into IODA plots are due to the missing observations, which are 10,764. Also, I used a very thinned BUFR file (from 28Mb to less than 0.5Mb) for the validation.

@MatthewMorris-NOAA please look at these plots.

[MatthewMorris-NOAA]

@PraveenKumar-NOAA The plots look good when compared against one another, but I'm curious why the observations are limited to the Pacific (southeast of Hawaii) and Canada & Greenland. Is this due to using a thinned BUFR file for your testing?

[PraveenKumar-NOAA]

@MatthewMorris-NOAA thanks, the reason for limited observations is that I used a a few observations in the plot.