User’s Guide

Foreword: A note to METdataio users

This User’s guide is provided as an aid to users of METdataio. METdataio is a Python rewrite of the capabilities in METviewer. The METviewer tool reads MET verification statistics output from a database and creates plots using the R statistical package. METdataio is also a component of the unified METplus verification framework. More details about METplus can be found on the METplus website.

It is important to note here that METdataio is an evolving software package. This documentation describes the 3.0.0-beta4-dev release dated 2023-09-15. Intermediate releases may include bug fixes. METdataio is also able to accept new modules contributed by the community. If you have code you would like to contribute, we will gladly consider your contribution. Please create a post in the METplus GitHub Discussions Forum. We will then determine if we will be able to include the contribution in a future version.

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Citations

The citation for this User’s Guide should be:

Fisher, H., M. Win-Gildenmeister, V. Hagerty, and T. Burek, 2023: The METdataio Version 3.0.0-beta4-dev User’s Guide. Developmental Testbed Center. Available at: https://github.com/dtcenter/METdataio/releases.

Acknowledgments

We thank the the National Science Foundation (NSF) along with three organizations within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): 1) Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR); 2) Next Generation Global Predition System project (NGGPS); and 3) United State Weather Research Program (USWRP) for their support of this work. Thanks also go to the staff at the Developmental Testbed Center for their help, advice, and many types of support. We released METplus Alpha in February 2017 and would not have made a decade of cutting-edge verification support without those who participated in DTC planning workshops and the NGGPS United Forecast System Strategic Implementation Plan Working Groups (NGGPS UFS SIP WGs).

The DTC is sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the United States Air Force, and the National Science Foundation (NSF). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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