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Changed RDA urls to rebranded GDEX urls - #560

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@rpconroy rpconroy commented Oct 7, 2026

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NCAR's Research Data Archive (RDA) has rebranded as the Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX). This PR updates the GFS model's
references to match.

Changes

  • src/herbie/models/gfs.py
    • Changed the archive URLs from data.rda.ucar.edu to data.gdex.ucar.edu.
    • Changed the dataset link from rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d084001/ to gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d084001/.
    • Renamed the source key ncar_rda to ncar_gdex in both SOURCES entries.
    • Updated the docstring and the source label to "NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX)".
  • docs/gallery/noaa_models/gfs.ipynb: Updated the example output URLs to the new GDEX host.
  • unique_gfs.ipynb: Updated a commented-out URL to the new host.

Notes

  • Breaking change: the ncar_rda source key was renamed to ncar_gdex. Anyone passing priority="ncar_rda" will need to
    switch to "ncar_gdex". If you want to avoid breaking them, you could keep ncar_rda as an alias.
  • Stale output in the gallery notebook: the gfs.ipynb change edited the saved output text by hand. The output still shows
    the ncar_rda key, so re-running the notebook would show ncar_gdex.

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blaylockbk commented Oct 8, 2026 •

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Thanks for the PR!
I've been a bit busy to do a full review, but wanted you know I see this and am tracking it.

I do like the idea of an alias and using a future warning to alert users it changed.

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