NOGAPS Computational Grids Tau=0003

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=0003 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	0 to 365E 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