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NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, April 1997 through June 2007

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| DOI: 10.5065/D6FB50XD
 
Abstract:

The Final (FNL) global tropospheric analyses archived here were produced by NCEP's Global Forecast System (GFS), which was run operationally at 12-hour intervals to make multiple-day weather forecasts, from April 1997 through June 2007. FNLs are analyses that are produced after the model has completed the forecast cycle, and they include the most complete set of observations available for a given cycle. The FNL from a given cycle, which is the best available analysis, is then used in the initialization of the next cycle.

FNL Data are available on pairs of 2.5-degree hemispheric grids (North and South) at the Earth's surface, sixteen vertical levels from 1000 millibars up to 10 millibars, the tropopause, boundary layer, two subsurface levels, and a few others. Parameters include surface pressure, sea level pressure, geopotential height, temperature, sea surface temperature, potential temperature, relative humidity, snow depth (weekly, Northern Hemisphere only) precipitable water, u- and v- winds, and vertical motion.

Temporal Range:
1997-04-01 00:00 +0000 to 2007-06-30 12:00 +0000
Variables:
Air Temperature Geopotential Height Humidity Ice Extent
Land Use/Land Cover Classification Maximum/Minimum Temperature Potential Temperature Sea Level Pressure
Skin Temperature Snow Water Equivalent Soil Moisture/Water Content Surface Pressure
Surface Winds Total Precipitable Water Tropopause Upper Air Temperature
Upper Level Winds Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed Vorticity
GRIB parameter table: HTML | XML
Vertical Levels:
See the detailed metadata for level information.
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total Volume:
9.79 GB
Data Formats:
Related RDA Datasets:
 - 
NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, July 1976 to April 1997
 - 
NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Surface Analyses
 - 
NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999
More Details:
View a more detailed summary of the data, including specific date ranges and locations by parameter
Metadata Record:
Data License:
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