NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) 6-hourly Products, January 1979 to December 2010
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| DOI: 10.5065/D69K487J
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) was initially completed over the 31-year period from 1979 to 2009 and has been extended to March 2011. CFSR was initialized 4 times per day (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC), and the 6-hourly atmospheric, oceanic and land surface analyzed products are available at 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.9, and 2.5 degree horizontal resolutions, along with forecast hours 1 through 6. However, not all parameters are available at all resolutions and some parameters are not analyzed (e.g. 2 meter temperature, 10 meter winds), so please consult the detailed metadata for exact descriptions of what is available.
Air Temperature | Albedo | Atmospheric Heating | Atmospheric Stability |
Cloud Frequency | Cloud Liquid Water/Ice | Dew Point Temperature | Evaporation |
Geopotential Height | Gravity Wave | Heat Flux | Humidity |
Hydrostatic Pressure | Ice Depth/Thickness | Ice Extent | Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
Longwave Radiation | Maximum/Minimum Temperature | Ocean Currents | Planetary Boundary Layer Height |
Potential Temperature | Precipitation Amount | Precipitation Rate | Runoff |
Salinity | Sea Ice Motion | Sea Level Pressure | Sea Surface Height |
Sea Surface Temperature | Shortwave Radiation | Skin Temperature | Snow Cover |
Snow Depth | Snow Water Equivalent | Soil Classification | Soil Moisture/Water Content |
Soil Temperature | Streamfunctions | Sublimation | Surface Roughness |
Surface Winds | Temperature Tendency | Total Precipitable Water | Upper Air Temperature |
Upper Level Winds | Vegetation Cover | Vegetation Species | Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed |
Vorticity | Wind Shear |
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 0.312° x ~0.312° from 0E to 359.688E and 89.761N to 89.761S (1152 x 576 Longitude/Gaussian Latitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 0.25E to 359.75E and 89.75N to 89.75S (720 x 360 Longitude/Latitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 0E to 359.5E and 90N to 90S (720 x 361 Longitude/Latitude) 1° x 1° from 0E to 359E and 90N to 90S (360 x 181 Longitude/Latitude) 1.875° x ~1.904° from 0E to 358.125E and 88.542N to 88.542S (192 x 94 Longitude/Gaussian Latitude) 2.5° x 2.5° from 0E to 357.5E and 90N to 90S (144 x 73 Longitude/Latitude)