| Content Citation | ||
| Title of Content: | GEFS Ensemble Mean Global Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) | |
| Type of Content: | Downloadable Data | |
| Content Publisher: | International Desk - NOAA Climate Prediction Center (vadlamani.kumar@noaa.gov) | |
| Publication Date: | Daily data for the date in the directory name | |
| Content Description | ||
| Content Summary:
The geotif files are ensemble average of 30 members 1. 6 hourly total precip for f006 .. f240 forecast hours. 40 files 2. 24h total precip for day1, day2 ... day10 10 files 3. 5-day total for the first 5 days - day1 to day5 - Pentad1 1 file 4. 5-day total for next 5 days - day6 to day 10 - Pentad 2 1 file 5. week1 total day1 to day 7 total 1 file 6. 10-day total 1 file Total number files = 53 All the QPF totals units are in mm Horizontal resolution: 1440 x 721 grid points, 0.25deg x 0.25deg latlon resolution. |
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| Content Purpose: Forecasting | ||
| Time Period of Content | ||
| Date: | Each forcast day begins at 0Z and runs until 0Z the following day, except for the raster named '7day' in which case the from 0Z for the date used in the file to 00Z on day 7 (See date in the file name) | |
| Content Status | ||
| Progress: | Model Output | |
| Update Frequency: | Updated daily. | |
| Spatial Domain | ||
| West Coordinate: | 0.000000 | |
| East Coordinate: | 360.000000 | |
| North Coordinate: | 90.000000 | |
| South Coordinate: | -90.000000 | |
| Content Keywords | ||
| Theme Keywords: | NOAA Daily Global Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Output from the Ensemble Mean of the Global Ensemble Forecast System | |
| Spatial Data Information | ||
| Data Type: | gridded digital data | |
| Data Format: | Tif file | |
| Data Projection:
Resolution: |
Geographic
The raster is created from input data of
approx resolution 25 km X 25 km |
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| Access and Usage Information | ||
| Access Constraints: | Public data. | |
| Use Constraints: | Public data. | |