[develop] Adding SPFH to Metplus config file

[panll]

DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES:

Adding specific humidity (SPFH) to Metplus config file for verification.

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• This change requires a documentation update

TESTS CONDUCTED:

• [ x] hera.intel
• orion.intel
• cheyenne.intel
• cheyenne.gnu
• gaea.intel
• jet.intel
• wcoss2.intel
• NOAA Cloud (indicate which platform)
• Jenkins
• fundamental test suite
• comprehensive tests (specify which if a subset was used)

DEPENDENCIES:

None

DOCUMENTATION:

N/A

ISSUE:

N/A

CHECKLIST

• [ x] My code follows the style guidelines in the Contributor's Guide
• [ x] I have performed a self-review of my own code using the Code Reviewer's Guide
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas
• My changes need updates to the documentation. I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
• [x ] My changes do not require updates to the documentation (explain).
  The change only relate to METPLUS configuration file.
• My changes generate no new warnings
• [x ] New and existing tests pass with my changes
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published

[JeffBeck-NOAA]

Hi @linlin-pan, thanks for adding specific humidity to the verification! I only see 2-m SPFH at the moment, though.

[panll]

Hi @linlin-pan, thanks for adding specific humidity to the verification! I only see 2-m SPFH at the moment, though.

The upper air part is already included in file PointStat_upper_air.conf. Thanks @JeffBeck-NOAA !

[MichaelLueken]

@panll I was able to clone your fork on Cheyenne and run the MET_verification test. I was able to see the new SPFH Z2 entries in the sfc file. I also saw several SPFH entries in the upa file. Out of curiosity, was there a reason why SPFH was added to upper_air, but not sfc?

I will go ahead and approve this this PR, though it might be an idea to change the title of this PR from Adding SPFH to Metplus config file to Adding SPFH to Metplus sfc config file.

[panll]

@panll I was able to clone your fork on Cheyenne and run the MET_verification test. I was able to see the new SPFH Z2 entries in the sfc file. I also saw several SPFH entries in the upa file. Out of curiosity, was there a reason why SPFH was added to upper_air, but not sfc?

I will go ahead and approve this this PR, though it might be an idea to change the title of this PR from Adding SPFH to Metplus config file to Adding SPFH to Metplus sfc config file.

Thanks! @MichaelLueken SPFH is missed in sfc file (PointStat_conus_sfc.conf), so this pull request adds SPFH to the sfc file (PointStat_conus_sfc.conf) . In upper file (e.g., PointStat_upper_air.conf), SPFH has already existed. Thus no change is made to the upper file.

[JeffBeck-NOAA]

Hi @linlin-pan, thanks for adding specific humidity to the verification! I only see 2-m SPFH at the moment, though.

The upper air part is already included in file PointStat_upper_air.conf. Thanks @JeffBeck-NOAA !

Thank you, @linlin-pan! Approving now.