release_notes_hiresw_v8.1.2.txt

HiresW v8.1.2 - released 07/08/2022

Google docs version at: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HvgZ9yTHP1XPbASvzSHiiDkyJy2bXpQwcBWwUePNrq8/edit?usp=sharing


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Update overview 
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* Adds routine generation of GEMPAK files from HiresW BUFR output


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Obtaining the package
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Clone it with this command (but change hiresw.v8.1.2 to whatever you want to 
call it in the directory that it is cloned into):


git clone -b v8.1.2 https://github.com/MatthewPyle-NOAA/hiresw.git hiresw.v8.1.2

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New files:
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Adds new GEMPAK parm files for the processing:


gempak/fix/sfhiresw.prm
gempak/fix/sfhiresw.prm_aux
gempak/fix/snhiresw.prm


Adds new ush scripts to do the conversion to GEMPAK


ush/arw/hiresw_bfr2gpk.sh
ush/fv3/hiresw_bfr2gpk.sh


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Modified files:
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Adds calls to hiresw_bfr2gpk.sh at the final hour (f48 for ARW, f60 for FV3):


scripts/arw/exhiresw_wrfbufr.sh
scripts/fv3/exhiresw_bufr.sh


Adds loads of the GEMPAK module in the ecf files at the needed times:


ecf/bufrpost/jhiresw_bufrpost_f48.ecf
ecf/bufrpost/jhiresw_bufrpost_f60.ecf


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Resource changes:
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BUFRPOST jobs will run slightly longer due to the GEMPAK conversion step, but 
the difference seemed fairly trivial even for the CONUS domain.