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  "id": 5237,
  "title": "Elevation at GEFS data point ",
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  "post_date": "2013-07-30T19:16:03.370Z",
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  "content": "<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">I'm attempting to better my interpolation scheme by including elevation as a&nbsp;</span>covariate<span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">. However, it is not made clear the elevation of the GEFS data points.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is the forecast from GEFS assumed to be at uniform elevation (e.g sea-level) or the elevation corresponding to terrain at the lat/lon point?&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "07/30/2013 19:16:03",
      "content": "<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">I'm attempting to better my interpolation scheme by including elevation as a&nbsp;</span>covariate<span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">. However, it is not made clear the elevation of the GEFS data points.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.4\">Is the forecast from GEFS assumed to be at uniform elevation (e.g sea-level) or the elevation corresponding to terrain at the lat/lon point?&nbsp;</span></p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\n<p>&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "07/30/2013 19:54:27",
      "content": "<p>It is the elevation corresponding to the terrain at the lat/lon point. The GEFS is using a smoothed version of the terrain, so the grid point elevation may not correspond exactly to the elevation in real life. I am going to acquire the GEFS elevation data grid and will add it to the data page. It may take some time in order to get the data since it is not directly available from the GEFS website.</p>",
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      "postDate": "07/31/2013 18:51:36",
      "content": "<p>The actual GEFS elevation data grid would be interesting to see but in the meantime the grid point elevations can be obtained using the Google elevation api -</p>\n<p>https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/elevation/</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/05/2013 23:24:48",
      "content": "<p>Did the station elevations ever get released?</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/06/2013 17:47:38",
      "content": "<p>If you don't mind you can use the one I just posted in the thread, in case other people would like to use it as well. I got it through Google Elevations.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kaggle.com/c/ams-2014-solar-energy-prediction-contest/forums/t/5682/sharing-the-elevation-of-the-gefs-data-points\">http://www.kaggle.com/c/ams-2014-solar-energy-prediction-contest/forums/t/5682/sharing-the-elevation-of-the-gefs-data-points</a></p>",
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      "author_name": "djgagne",
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      "post_date": "07/30/2013 19:54:27",
      "content": "<p>It is the elevation corresponding to the terrain at the lat/lon point. The GEFS is using a smoothed version of the terrain, so the grid point elevation may not correspond exactly to the elevation in real life. I am going to acquire the GEFS elevation data grid and will add it to the data page. It may take some time in order to get the data since it is not directly available from the GEFS website.</p>",
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      "author_name": "alcam1",
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      "post_date": "07/31/2013 18:51:36",
      "content": "<p>The actual GEFS elevation data grid would be interesting to see but in the meantime the grid point elevations can be obtained using the Google elevation api -</p>\n<p>https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/elevation/</p>",
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      "author_name": "davidthaler",
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      "post_date": "09/05/2013 23:24:48",
      "content": "<p>Did the station elevations ever get released?</p>",
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      "author_name": "ericchio",
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      "post_date": "09/06/2013 17:47:38",
      "content": "<p>If you don't mind you can use the one I just posted in the thread, in case other people would like to use it as well. I got it through Google Elevations.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kaggle.com/c/ams-2014-solar-energy-prediction-contest/forums/t/5682/sharing-the-elevation-of-the-gefs-data-points\">http://www.kaggle.com/c/ams-2014-solar-energy-prediction-contest/forums/t/5682/sharing-the-elevation-of-the-gefs-data-points</a></p>",
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