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% mkdir -p runs/lothar/t159
% cd runs
% ftp ftp.ecmwf.int
ftp> cd case_studies/lothar_storm
ftp> binary
ftp> get 1999122412_T159_fqar.tgz
ftp> quit
% tar zxf 1999122412_T159_fqar.tgz
% ls
1999122412_T159.tgz  ICMCLfqarINIT  ICMGGfqarINIT  ICMGGfqarINIUA  ICMSHfqarINIT  fqar.NODE.001_01  fqar.namelistfc

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Suggested experiments

• What's the impact of the different 'lead times' on the forecast of the storm (i.e. starting from different dates)?
• What's the difference and why between forecasts started with the operational analysis of the time and the ERA-Interim analysis?
• What's the impact of resolution on the forecast of the storm?

code changes:

check 'ifsdata' link exists in directory

check that CRTABLEDIR in namelist (fort.4) is set correctly.

Further reading

This article in a recent ECMWF Newsletter has a description of student projects at the University of Stockholm using the Lothar storm case study.

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Cyclone Lothar and Martin, Wikipedia article, retrieved 17/12/14.

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