NOGAPS Computational Grids Tau=0000
Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS).
The Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS) is the primary Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) system providing global weather guidance for all branches of the DOD. The system has been run operationally by Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) since 1982. All research and development of NOGAPS has been by the Marine Meteorology Division of the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). The tau=0000 refers to the forecast time(?)
| Variables | albedo, cumulus cloud fraction, cumulus mass flux (W/m**2), cumulus precip (Kg/m**2), evaporative flux (latent heat flux) (W/m**2), g*height (m), g*terrain sdev (m), ground temperature (°K), ground temperature (climate) (°K), ground wetness, ground wetness (climate), height above terrain of lowest level (m), ice concentration (ice=1, no ice=0), land/sea/ice table (0=ice, 1=land, 2=ice, 3=snow), large scale precip (Kg/m**2), net long wave radiation (top of atmos.) (W/m**2), net short wave radiation (top of atmos.) (W/m**2), pressure cumulus top (Pa), pressure LCL (Pa), radiation tendency (im,jm,lm array) (W/srm**2), sensible + latent heat flux (W/m**2), snow, specific humidity (Kg/Kg), surface drag (stress) magnitude only (nt/m**2), surface enhanced roughness (m), surface longwave radiation (W/m**2), surface pressure tendency (microbars/s), surface roughness (m), surface shortwave radiation (W/m**2), surface wind speed (east) (m/s), surface wind speed (north) (m/s), total precip rate (Kg/m**2), zonal mean wind (m/s) |
| Zonal | 0E to 359E by 1 deg |
| Meridional | 89S to 89N by 1 deg |
| Vertical | surface |
| Temporal | Dec 2003 to Dec 2004 by 6 hours |
| Static? | yes |
| Volume | |
| Server | US GODAE:  |
| Source | www.usgodae.org |
| Acquired | Dec 20, 2003 |
| APDRC contact | Xiouhua Fu |
| Supplements | N/A |