NCEP GEFS ENSEMBLE MEAN Global QPF

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.
  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

 
Access and Usage Information
  Access Constraints: Public data.
  Use Constraints: Public data.