GEOS-5 FP Product Details

Input Data Output Product Highlights Known Problems

INPUT DATA:

Data Type
Source
Active/Passive
Time Period Used

AEROSOLS

Terra & Aqua AOD
NCEP GDAS
Active
5/01/2015 - Present

TEMPERATURE

Radiosonde, Aircraft, Dropsonde, Drifting Buoy
Surface Marine, Splash Level
Sea Surface
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Active
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

PRESSURE

METAR, Land Station
Radiosonde Station, Marine, Drifting Buoy
Marine Surface
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Passive
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

RADIANCES

Aqua AIRS & AMSU-A
AMSU-A, HIRS4, ATMS
SSM/IS, GOES13 Sounder, GOES15 Sounder
MHS, IASI, CRIS, SEVERI
NASA GDISC
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Passive
Active
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

WINDS

Radiosonde, PIBAL, Wind Profiler, NEXRAD
Aircraft, Dropsonde, Surface Marine
Atlas Buoy, ASCAT, AVHRR
IR/VIS Cloud Drift, Water Vapor, PILOT
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
Active
Active
Passive
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

MOISTURE

Radiosonde, Surface Marine, Surface Land, Dropsonde
Drifting Buoy, METAR, Aircraft
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

GPS RADIO OCCULTATION

GRACE-A, TerraSAR-X, METOP-A
COSMIC-1, 2, 5, 6, TANDEM-X, METOP B
NCEP GDAS
NCEP GDAS
Active
Active
5/01/2015 - Present
5/01/2015 - Present

OZONE

AURA OMI, MLS
NCEP GDAS
Active
5/01/2015 - Present

OUTPUT PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 3-D collections are on a 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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