The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFS v2): monthly ensemble reforecast

The CFS version 2 was developed at the Environmental Modeling Center at NCEP. It is a fully coupled model representing the interaction between the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, land and seaice. It became operational at NCEP in March 2011.

Please reference the following article when using the CFS version 2 Reforecast model or data

Saha, Suranjana and Coauthors, 2014: The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 Journal of Climate J. Climate, 27, 2185–2208. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00823.1

 

Variables
boundary cld layer Total cloud cover [%],
convective cld layer Total cloud cover [%],
surface Convective precip. rate [kg/m^2/s],
surface Downward long wave flux [W/m^2],
surface Downward short wave flux [W/m^2],
10C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
15C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
20C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
2.5C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
25C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
28C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
5C isotherm Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
surface Ground heat flux [W/m^2],
high cloud level Total cloud cover [%],
surface Planetary boundary layer height [m],
surface Latent heat flux [W/m^2],
mid-cloud level Total cloud cover [%],
0-300 m under water Ocean Heat Content [J/m^2],
bottom ocn mixed layer Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
bottom ocn isothermal layer Geometric Depth Below Sea Surface [m],
surface Sea Surface Height Relative to Geoid [m],
5 m below sea level Potential temp. [K],
unknown level Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential [J/m^2],
surface Potential evaporation rate [W/m^2],
surface Precipitation rate [kg/m^2/s],
mean-sea level Pressure reduced to MSL [Pa],
surface Pressure [Pa],
atmos column Precipitable water [kg/m^2],
(profile) u wind [m/s],
(profile) v wind [m/s],
200 mb Stream function [m^2/s],
200 mb Velocity potential [m^2/s],
850 mb Stream function [m^2/s],
850 mb Velocity potential [m^2/s],
surface Sensible heat flux [W/m^2],
0-10 cm underground Temp. [K],
10-40 cm underground Temp. [K],
40-100 cm underground Temp. [K],
100-200 cm underground Temp. [K],
0-10 cm underground Volumetric soil moisture [fraction],
10-40 cm underground Volumetric soil moisture [fraction],
40-100 cm underground Volumetric soil moisture [fraction],
100-200 cm underground Volumetric soil moisture [fraction],
2 m above ground Specific humidity [kg/kg],
atmos column Total cloud cover [%],
2 m above ground Max. temp. [K],
2 m above ground Min. temp. [K],
200 mb Temp. [K],
2 m above ground Temp. [K],
500 mb Temp. [K],
50 mb Temp. [K],
850 mb Temp. [K],
surface Temp. [K],
atmos column Total ozone [Dobson],
surface Upward long wave flux [W/m^2],
top of atmos Upward long wave flux [W/m^2],
surface Upward short wave flux [W/m^2],
top of atmos Upward short wave flux [W/m^2],
500 mb Pressure vertical velocity [Pa/s],
surface Water runoff [kg/m^2],
surface Accum. snow [kg/m^2],
10 m above ground u wind [m/s],
10 m above ground v wind [m/s],
200 mb u wind [m/s],
200 mb v wind [m/s],
500 mb u wind [m/s],
500 mb v wind [m/s],
600 mb u wind [m/s],
600 mb v wind [m/s],
700 mb u wind [m/s],
700 mb v wind [m/s],
850 mb u wind [m/s],
850 mb v wind [m/s],
surface Zonal momentum flux [N/m^2],
surface Meridional momentum flux [N/m^2],
1000 mb Geopotential height [gpm],
200 mb Geopotential height [gpm],
500 mb Geopotential height [gpm],
700 mb Geopotential height [gpm],
850 mb Geopotential height [gpm]
Zonal Global by 0.5 deg
Meridional Global by 0.5 deg
Vertical  
Temporal Jan 2010 to Dec 2018 by 1 month
Static? no
Volume  
Server public:
Source http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/raid1/cfsv2/reforecast.monthly.time/
Acquired July 5, 2016 (updated May 2020)
APDRC contact
Supplements http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/cfsv2/docs.html