========================= METplus version |version| ========================= Developed by the `Developmental Testbed Center `_, Boulder, CO .. image:: _static/METplus_banner_photo_web.png In Memoriam ----------- This coordinated release is dedicated to three remarkable team members we lost in 2024, whose contributions have left an indelible mark on our work. To `Tara Jensen `_, for her vision and leadership in creating METplus as well as her dedication, dogged determination, and mentorship that shaped its growth and trajectory, leaving a legacy of innovation in the field of verification. To `Randy Bullock `_, whose verification libraries formed the basis of MET and whose mathematical brilliance, passion for maps, grid projections, and graphics enriched and inspired new capabilities. To `Venita Hagerty `_, for her pivotal expertise, support, and attention to detail that ensured the success of METdataio and METexpress. Their contributions to METplus continue to guide and inspire us each day. History ------- The Model Evaluation Tools (MET) were developed by the Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) and released in January 2008. The goal of the tools was to provide the community with a platform-independent and extensible framework for reproducible verification. The DTC partners, including NCAR, NOAA, and the USAF, decided to start by replicating the NOAA EMC (see list of acronyms below) Mesoscale Branch verification package, called VSDB. In the first release, MET included several pre-processing, statistical, and analysis tools to provide the same primary functionality as the EMC VSDB system, and also included a spatial verification package called MODE. Over the years, MET and VSDB packages grew in complexity. Verification capability at other NOAA laboratories, such as ESRL, were also under heavy development. An effort to unify verification capability was first started under the HIWPP project and led by NOAA ESRL. In 2015, the NGGPS Program Office started working groups to focus on several aspects of the next gen system, including the Verification and Validation Working Group. This group made the recommendation to use MET as the foundation for a unified verification capability. In 2016, NCAR and GSD leads visited EMC to gather requirements. At that time, the concept of METplus was developed as it extends beyond the original code base. It was originally MET+ but several constraints have driven the transition to the use of METplus. METplus is now the unified verification, validation, and diagnostics capability for NOAA's UFS and a component of NCAR's SIMA modeling frameworks. It is being actively developed by NCAR, ESRL, EMC and is open to community contributions. METplus Concept --------------- METplus is the overarching, or umbrella, repository and hence framework for the Unified Forecast System verification capability. It is intended to be extensible through adding additional capability developed by the community. The core components of the framework include MET, the associated database and display systems called METviewer and METexpress, and a suite of Python wrappers to provide low-level automation and examples, also called use-cases. A description of each tool along with some ancillary repositories are as follows: * **METplus** (`repo `__, `docs `__) * **wrappers** - suite of Python-based wrappers that provide low-level automation of the METplus software components listed below * **use-cases** - example configuration files and sample data to demonstrate scientific applications of the METplus wrappers * **MET** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - core statistical tool that matches up grids with either gridded analyses or point observations and applies configurable methods to compute statistics and diagnostics * **METviewer** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - core database and display system intended for deep analysis of MET output * **METexpress** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - core database and display system intended for quick analysis via pre-defined queries of MET output * **METcalcpy** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - suite of Python-based scripts to be used by other components of METplus tools for statistical aggregation, event equalization, and other analysis needs * **METplotpy** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - suite of Python-based scripts to plot MET output, and in come cases provide additional post-processing of output prior to plotting * **METdataio** (`repo `__, `docs `__) - database to store MET output and to be used by both METviewer and METexpress The umbrella repository will be brought together by using a software package called `manage_externals `_ developed by the Community Earth System Modeling (CESM) team, hosted at NCAR and NOAA Earth System's Research Laboratory. The manage_externals paackage was developed because CESM is comprised of a number of different components that are developed and managed independently. Each component also may have additional "external" dependencies that need to be maintained independently. Acronyms -------- * **MET** - Model Evaluation Tools * **DTC** - Developmental Testbed Center * **NCAR** - National Center for Atmospheric Research * **NOAA** - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration * **EMC** - Environmental Modeling Center * **VSDB** - Verification Statistics Data Base * **MODE** - Method for Object-Based Diagnostic Evaluation * **UFS** - Unified Forecast System * **SIMA** - System for Integrated Modeling of the Atmosphere * **ESRL** - Earth Systems Research Laboratory * **HIWPP** - High Impact Weather Predication Project * **NGGPS** - Next Generation Global Predicatio System * **GSD** - Global Systems Division Authors ------- Many authors, listed below in alphabetical order, have contributed to the documentation of METplus. To cite this documentation in publications, please refer to the METplus User's Guide :ref:`Citation Instructions`. * Michelle Harrold [#NCAR]_ * Julie Prestopnik [#NCAR]_ * John Opatz [#NCAR]_ * John Halley Gotway [#NCAR]_ * Jonathan Vigh [#NCAR]_ * Christina Kalb [#NCAR]_ * Lisa Goodrich [#NCAR]_ * Daniel Adriaansen [#NCAR]_ * Minna Win-Gildenmeister [#NCAR]_ * George McCabe [#NCAR]_ * Tara Jensen [#NCAR]_ * Mallory Row [#IMSG]_ * Hank Fisher [#NCAR]_ * James Frimel [#CIRA]_ * Lindsay Blank * Todd Arbetter .. rubric:: Organization .. [#NCAR] `National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory `_, `Developmental Testbed Center `_ .. [#CIRA] `Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Earth System Research Laboratory `_ .. [#IMSG] `I.M. Systems Group at NOAA Environmental Modeling Center `_ .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: Training METplus Tutorial Training Series Featured Topics .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METplus Users_Guide/index Contributors_Guide/index Verification_Datasets/index Release_Guide/index .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: MET User's Guide Contributor's Guide .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METexpress User's Guide .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METviewer User's Guide Contributor's Guide .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METplotpy User's Guide Contributor's Guide .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METcalcpy User's Guide Contributor's Guide .. toctree:: :hidden: :caption: METdataio User's Guide Contributor's Guide Index ===== * :ref:`genindex`