GEOS-5.2.0 Product Details

Input Data Output Product Highlights Known Problems File Collections Summary

INPUT DATA

Data Type
Source
Active/Passive
Time Period Used

TEMPERATURE

Radiosonde, Aircraft, Dropsonde
Sea Surface, Surface Marine
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present

PRESSURE

METAR, Land Station, Marine Surface
Radiosonde Station
NCEP GDAS
Active
8/14/2008 - Present

RADIANCES

AQUA AIRS & AMSUA
AMSUA, AMSUB, HIRS3
NOAA SERVER
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present

WINDS

Radiosonde, PIBAL, Wind Profiler, NEXRAD
Aircraft, Dropsonde, Surface Marine
Atlas Buoy, Water Vapor, IR/VIS Cloud Drift
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Active
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present

MOISTURE

Radiosonde, Surface Marine
TMI Rain Rate
Dropsonde
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Passive
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present
8/14/2008 - Present

OZONE

SBUV
NCEP GDAS
Active
8/14/2008 - Present

OUTPUT PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 3-D collections are 2/3 x 1/2 degree lon-lat horizontal grid
  • Near real-time data in 3-D and 2-D
  • 36 pressure levels or 72 model grid layers
  • 2-D data every 3 hours, 3-D data every 6 hours

KNOWN PROBLEMS:

RESOURCE FILE ERROR - Affected Date from 4/27/09 (12Z) - 4/28/09 (0Z) Effect: AMSUA, AMSUB and HIRS was omitted from the Assimilation. No impact to future products

FILE COLLECTIONS SUMMARY :
Type Description ESDT Frequency Uncompressed size/day (Mb) Compressed size/day (Mb)
inst2d_met_x 2D meteorological state, instantaneous at the surface, on a single-level, or vertically integrated D5OIXMET 8/day 176 69
inst3d_met_p 3D meteorological state, instantaneous on pressure coordinates D5OIPMET 4/day 898 300
tavg2d_met_x 2D meteorological state, time-averaged at the surface, on a single-level, or vertically integrated D5OTXMET 8/day 480 160
tavg3d_prs_v 3D pressure information, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVPRS 4/day 452 45
tavg3d_dyn_v 3D dynamics fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVDYN 4/day 2920 1088
tavg3d_cld_v 3D cloud & precipitation fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVCLD 4/day 2024 165
tavg3d_met_e 3D meteorological fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinate layer edges D5OTEMET 4/day 1372 425
tavg3d_mst_v 3D moisture tendency fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVMST 4/day 1248 330
tavg3d_tmp_v 3D temperature tendency fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVTMP 4/day 2249 750
tavg3d_wnd_v 3D wind tendency fields, time-averaged on lcv coordinates D5OTVWND 4/day 2025 655
TOTAL 48/day 13844 3987

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