Abstract:
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System (CFS) is initialized four times per day (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC). NCEP upgraded their operational CFS to version 2 on March 30, 2011. This is the same model that was used to create the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR). CFSv2 monthly atmospheric, oceanic and land surface output products are available at 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.9, and 2.5 degree horizontal resolutions as 6-hourly diurnal monthly means (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC) and regular full monthly means. For more information about CFS, please see http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/.
Variables:
| Air Temperature |
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |
Dew Point Temperature |
Geopotential Height |
| Humidity |
Hydrostatic Pressure |
Potential Temperature |
Streamfunctions |
| Total Precipitable Water |
Upper Air Temperature |
Upper Level Winds |
Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed |
| Vorticity |
Wind Shear |
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N
Detailed coverage information
Detailed coverage information
0.205° x ~0.204° from 0E to 359.795E and 89.844N to 89.844S (1760 x 880 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)
Data Contributors:
DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publications:
Saha, Suranjana, and Coauthors, 2014: The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 J. Climate, 27, 2185-2208 (DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00823.1).
Related RDA Datasets:
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NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) Monthly Products, January 1979 to December 2010
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NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) 6-hourly Products
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NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) Selected Hourly Time-Series Products
Metadata Record:
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