GEOS-5.7.2 Product Details

Input Data Output Product Highlights Known Problems

INPUT DATA:

Data Type
Source
Active/Passive
Time Period Used

TEMPERATURE

Radiosonde, Aircraft, Dropsonde
Surface Marine
Sea Surface
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Passive
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present

PRESSURE

METAR, Land Station, Dropsonde Surface
Radiosonde Station, Marine Surface
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present

RADIANCES

AQUA AIRS & AMSUA
AMSUA, AMSUB, HIRS3, HIRS4, GOES Sounder
SSM/I, AMSRE
MHS, IASI
NOAA SERVER
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Passive
Active
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present

WINDS

Radiosonde, PIBAL, Wind Profiler, NEXRAD
Aircraft, Dropsonde, Surface Marine
Atlas Buoy, WINDSAT
IR/VIS Cloud Drift, Water Vapor
Japanese Profiler, ASCAT
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Active
Active
Passive
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present

MOISTURE

Radiosonde, Surface Marine, Dropsonde, TMI Rain Rate
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
8/18/2011 - Present
8/18/2011 - Present

OZONE

SBUV
NCEP GDAS
Active
8/18/2011 - Present

OUTPUT PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 3-D collections are 5/16 x 1/4 degree lon-lat horizontal grid
  • Near real-time data in 3-D and 2-D
  • 42 pressure levels or 72 model grid layers
  • 2-D data every hour, 3-D data every 3 hours
KNOWN PROBLEMS: None

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