Missing Fields/Data in the Archive
Thanks for an excellent source of weather data, really appreciated.
We have looked into a few sample runs from the archive, 20231210_00.zarr & 20240303_00.zarr to be more precise. We have noticed that the following fields were missing in the .zarr files:
- P: p/icon-eu_europe_regular-lat-lon_model-level
- QV: qv/icon-eu_europe_regular-lat-lon_model-level
- T_SO: t_so/icon-eu_europe_regular-lat-lon_soil-level
- W_SO: w_so/icon-eu_europe_regular-lat-lon_soil-level
We could go without the soil level parameters if necessary but the P and QV are pretty fundamental. Were these one-off missing fields or they are not part of the archive?
We don't actually store the model level fields right now, only the pressure levels. This is originally because of the purpose being for renewable energy forecasting models. So unfortunately, they are not part of the archive. What are the P and QV fields used for?
Thanks @jacobbieker for the clarification. If I understood correctly, this dataset is used mostly for wind purposes and the outputs are directly consumed (without inputting them into other meteorological models).
On our side, P and QV are used in humidity calculations and it also lets us run our own models. Without having P & QV at different pressure levels, we would have a hard time running our own models. Can we go back and add these parameters as well? Or, can we start adding them now?
Yes, we've mostly just taken the outputs for solar and wind forecasting directly.
@sol-ocf is in charge of running the archive now more, so potentially could add it those? We wouldn't be able to go back too far, we have some of the raw files back to Nov/Dec 2023, but before that, the data would unfortunately already be gone.
Do they need to be on the model level? Or does pressure level work? As pressure levels are already included, it would be a bit easier to add it on pressure levels.
Pressure level will work for us, we could work with either of them.
Going back and adding P, QV variables would be great. Since we are on it, including T_SO and W_SO variables would also benefit doing additional computations on the data.