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Surface parameters from ECMWF model 10-day forecast

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Product description(2007-04-27)
WHAT ?PRODUCT-ID

ECMWF-GLOBAL-ATM-FOR
PRODUCT TYPE

Forcing fields

OUTPUT TYPE

Gridded (analysis)
OVERVIEW

General information : Global forecast surface parameters up to 10 days are produced operationally in real time by the Numerical Weather Prediction system of the European Centre for Medium rang...
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PARAMETERS GROUP
(from BODC)
PARAMETERS (parameter, unit, convention)
  • air_pressure_at_sea_level,Pa,CF
  • air_temperature,K,CF
  • dew_point_temperature,K,CF
  • eastward_wind,m s-1,CF
  • northward_wind,m s-1,CF
  • sea_ice_area_fraction,1,CF
WHERE ?GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE
90.0
-180.0180.0
-90.0
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE

Global scale
SPATIAL RESOLUTION

0.5 degree
VERTICAL COVERAGE

from 10 to 0 meters.
WHEN ?TEMPORAL COVERAGESince 2005-01-01 - onGoingTEMPORAL RESOLUTION
PROCESS/ UPDATEUPDATEDdaily
BY (supply center)
name : ECMWF
web site : http://www.nerc-essc.ac.uk/godiva/

Delivery

ServiceResourceAverage Volume/releaseFormatLicence/
conditions		Distributor
ftp
0.5 Mb for each parameter release.FTP/netCDFAccess restricted to MERSEA Consortium Members
name : METEO-France / CMS
web site : http://www.meteo-france.fr
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Documentation

TitleOnline ResourcePublication
General ECMWF products documentationhttp://www.ecmwf.int/
General ECMWF products documentationhttp://www.ecmwf.int/



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