ropp_apps - 'Application' tools for running ROPP programs/plotting etc

[Huw Lewis]

To provide a series of user scripts (e.g. Perl, IDL) which can be used to set ROPP stand-alone tools running with required inputs/outputs and perform plotting.

Could be useful for ropp_pp and ropp_1dvar visualisation of input/output data.

[Huw Lewis]

Functionality could be extended to (e.g.) download a file from UCAR COSMIC data centre, convert bg and ob files to ROPP format (using ucar2ropp), then process 1dVar, then plot. (See response to ROPP-3 questionnaire feedback from Fabrizio Pelliccia).

[Huw Lewis]

Development idea to be fully planned and implemented for ROPP-5.

Ticket moved to ROPP-5 milestone.

[Huw Lewis]

This is likely to be beyond the current scope of the ROPP-5 release.

Move milestone to ROPP-6 and switch owner.

[Dave Offiler]

Downloading external files is too dependent on the user's IT systems (installed comms-related tools firewalls, DMZs, etc), so I think this aspect is beyond the scope of ROPP to provide. A script chain the ROPP tools on a local file is more appropriate.

Issues of plotting and scripting language (since IDL is being phased out at the Met Office and is less common amongst our user-base than originally anticipated) is already subject to discussion in the context of the ROPP make test. Any development of a chain processor should be compatible with the testing solution. Python-based graphics is perhaps the favoured option for the latter.

[Dave Offiler]

Graphics as part of 'make test' being phased out entirely in favour of objective statistics tests. This enhancement ain't going to happen.