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 |
