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). This output contains upper atmospheric variables and has been put on a rectangular 1degree grid.
| Variables | Surface: Pressure reduced to MSL (Pa), 5-wave geopotential height (gpm), Convective precipitation(Kg/m**2), Dew point depression (°K), High level cloud cover (%), Ice concentration (ice=1; no ice=0), K index (°K), Latent heat flux (W/m**2), Low level cloud cover (%), Meridional momentum flux (N/m**2), Mid level cloud cover (%), Net short wave (W/m**2), Planetary boundary layer height (m), Precip index, Pressure (Pa), Sensible heat flux (W/m**2), Snow depth (m), Surface roughness (m), Vapor pressure (Pa), Zonal momentum flux (N/m**2), max wind level Geopotential height (gpm), max wind level Pressure (Pa), temp (°K), and u/v wind (m/s), tropopause Pressure (Pa) and Temp. (°K); 10: Dew point depression (°K), Geopotential height (gpm), Temp. (°K), u/v wind (m/s); 10 m: u/v wind (m/s), wind vectors (m/s); 100 ** Dew point depression (°K), 100 ** Geopotential height (gpm), 100 ** Pressure vertical velocity (Pa/s), 100 ** Temp. (°K), 100 ** u/v wind (m/s), 1000 ** Dew point depression (°K), 1000 ** Geopotential height (gpm), 1000 ** Pressure vertical velocity (Pa/s), 1000 ** Temp. (°K), 1000 ** u/v wind (m/s), 1000 ** Vapor pressure (Pa), 1013 ** Dew point depression (°K), 1013 ** Geopotential height (gpm), 1013 ** Temp. (°K) 1013 ** u/v wind (m/s), 1013 ** Vapor pressure (Pa), 150 ** Dew point depression (°K), 150 ** Geopotential height (gpm), 150 ** Pressure vertical velocity (Pa/s), 150 ** Temp. (°K) 150 ** u/v wind (m/s), 19 ** Wind speed (m/s), 2m: Relative Humidity (%), Temp. (°K); also variables at 20, 200, 250, 30, 300, 350, 400, 450, 50, 500, 550, 600, 650, 70, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 925, 950, 975
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| Zonal | 0 to 359 by 1 deg |
| Meridional | 90S to 90N by 1 deg |
| Vertical | surface to 150mb by varies |
| Temporal | Jan 2003 to Dec 2004 by 12 hours |
| Static? | yes |
| Volume | |
| Server | US GODAE: |
| Source | www.usgodae.org |
| Acquired | Dec 20, 2003 |
| APDRC contact | Xiouhua Fu |
| Supplements | N/A |