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MET-A data set: ECMWF Analysis and Forecast fields 

Analysis Description

Forecast Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MET-A data set: ECMWF Analysis fields

See also: METEO FRANCE MFSTEP home page

 

Description:

Atmospheric Forcing data sets are divided into different time windows, at different horizontal resolutions.

One data set covers years from 1979 to 1993 on a T106 Gaussian Grid (approximately 1.1250 x 1.1213 lat-lon grid).
This data set is called "ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA)".

(Readme)

Another data set covers years from 1995 to 1997 at a resolution of approximately 0.5625 degrees (Gaussian T213 grid ).

(Readme)

Another data set covers the years: 1994 and 1998 at a resolution of  0.5 degrees (regular lat-lon grid).

(Readme)

Another data set covers the years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 at a resolution of  0.5 degrees (regular lat-lon grid).

(Readme)

All these data set can be downloaded via ftp from MFSTEP server:

ftp data.bo.ingv.it
login: (as known by MFSTEP users)
password: (as known by MFSTEP users)

cd ECMWF_Forcing/analysis

For login and password ask to Info Products (info.products@bo.ingv.it)

N.B: In that directory you should find one sub-directory for each year (from 1979 to 1998), in which there are:

  • 12 files .grb containing forcing data for one month each
  • 12 files .ctl to plot these data with GRADS
  • 1 description file (i.e. 1979_Readme)
  • 1 fortran  program to read data (i.e. read_1979.f)

from 1999 to 2004, there are:

  • daily files .grd containing forcing data
  • daily files .ctl to plot these data with GRADS
  • 1 description file (i.e. 1999_Readme)
  • 1 fortran  program to read data (i.e. read_1999.f)

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MET-A data set: ECMWF Forecast fields

See also: METEO FRANCE MFSTEP home page

 

Description:

The data set covers the years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 at a resolution of  0.5 degrees (regular lat-lon grid).
This data set is called "ECMWF Forecast".

All these data set can be downloaded via ftp from MFSTEP server:

ftp data.bo.ingv.it
login: (as known by MFSTEP users)
password: (as known by MFSTEP users)

cd ECMWF_Forcing/forecast

For login and password ask to Info Products (info.products@bo.ingv.it)

N.B: In that directory you should find sub-directories (from Nov 1999 to 2004) called DIR_yymmdd , in which there are:

  • 10 files .fcst.grb containing forcing data for each day starting from DIR_yymmdd date
  • 10 files .ctl to plot these data with GRADS

and a fortran code (readforcing.f) to read data.

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ECMWF Analysis General Table:

In this table you can find all the information about grid (starting longitude and latitude, number of grid point, grid-step) and data available for each year from 1979 to 2004.

 

 

LEGEND

 
mslp Mean Sea Level Pressure [Hpa]
clc Cloud Cover [%]
u,v 10 mt Zonal (u) and Meridional (v) Wind [m/s]
t Temperature at 2 mt [degK]
td Dew Point Temperature at 2 mt [degK]
 

Year

Analysis

File Name

starting LON

starting LAT

X-step

Y-step

nX

nY

mslp

clc

u,v

t

td

1979

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm79.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

                 

1980

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm80.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.12500

1.1213

48

18

                

1981

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm81.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

               

1982

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm82.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

              

1983

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm83.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

              

1984

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm84.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1985

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm85.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

           

1986

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm86.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1987

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm87.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1988

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm88.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

             

1989

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm89.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1990

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm90.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

           

1991

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm91.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1992

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm92.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

           

1993

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ecmwf_ra_mmm93.grd

-15.747

28.592

1.1250

1.1213

48

18

            

1994

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

1994mm.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

1995

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ECM213.mmm95.grd

-15.750

28.923

0.5625

0.5616

95

34

 

(*)

      

1996

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ECM213.mmm96.grd

-15.750

28.923

0.5625

0.5616

95

34

 

(*)

      

1997

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

ECM213.mmm97.grd

-15.750

28.923

0.5625

0.5616

95

34

           

1998

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

1998mm.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

1999

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

1999mmdd.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2000

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

2000mmdd.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2001

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

2001mmdd.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2002

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

2002mmdd.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2003

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

2003mmdd.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2004

ECMWF
Re-Analysis
(6 hr)

2004mmdd.grd

-19.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

123

37

           

(*) For the period April 1995 - January 1996 only the ECMWF model initialization clouds are available

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ECMWF Forecast General Table:

In this table you can find all the information about grid (starting longitude and latitude, number of grid point, grid-step) and data available for each year from 1979 to 2004.

 

 

LEGEND

 
mslp Mean Sea Level Pressure [Hpa]
clc Cloud Cover [%]
u,v 10 mt Zonal (u) and Meridional (v) Wind [m/s]
t Temperature at 2 mt [degK]
td Dew Point Temperature at 2 mt [degK]
 

Year

Forecast

File Name

starting LON

starting LAT

X-step

Y-step

nX

nY

mslp

clc

u,v

t

td

1999

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

1999mmdd.fcst.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2000

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

2000mmdd.fcst.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2001

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

2001mmdd.fcst.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2002

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

2002mmdd.fcst.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2003

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

2003mmdd.fcst.grd

-6.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

97

37

           

2004

ECMWF Forecast (6 hr)

2004mmdd.fcst.grd

-19.000

30.000

0.5000

0.5000

123

37

         

 

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