NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) Monthly Products, January 1979 to December 2010

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) was initially completed over the 31-year period from 1979 to 2009 and has been extended to March 2011. CFSR monthly atmospheric, oceanic and land surface output products are available at 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.9, and 2.5 degree horizontal resolutions as 6-hourly diurnal monthly means (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC) and regular full monthly means. As a value-add for longer-term climate research, the CISL RDA has created time series of individual parameter-levels from the regular monthly means. Please note that not all parameters are available at all levels and that some parameters are not analyzed (e.g. 2 meter temperature, 10 meter winds), so please consult the detailed metadata for exact descriptions of what is available. For more information about CFSR in general, please see NCEP's page. For data to extend CFSR beyond December 2010, please see the Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) datasets.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-01-01T0000+00
    End:  2011-01-01T0000+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2011-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.0
Bounding Box South Lat -90.0
Bounding Box West Long -180.0
Bounding Box East Long 180.0
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 0.5 degree
1 degree
2.5 degree
1.875 degree
0.312 degree
0.313 degree
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : More information about CFSR

Related Resource #2 : Description of CFSR at the NCAR Climate Data Guide
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format WMO GRIB2
Standardized Resource Format GRIB
Asset Size 5047685.664 MB
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Access Constraints None
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Author Saha, Suranjana
Moorthi, Shrinivas
Pan, Hua-Lu
Wu, Xingren
Wang, Jie
Nadiga, Sudhir
Tripp, Patrick
Kistler, Robert
Woollen, John
Behringer, David
Liu, Haixia
Stokes, Diane
Grumbine, Robert
Gayno, George
Wang, Jun
Hou, Yu-Tai
Chuang, Hui-Ya
Juang, Hann-Ming H.
Sela, Joe
Iredell, Mark
Treadon, Russ
Kleist, Daryl
Delst, Paul Van
Keyser, Dennis
Derber, John
Ek, Michael
Meng, Jesse
Wei, Helin
Yang, Rongqian
Lord, Stephen
van den Dool, Huug
Kumar, Arun
Wang, Wanqiu
Long, Craig
Chelliah, Muthuvel
Xue, Yan
Huang, Boyin
Schemm, Jae-Kyung
Ebisuzaki, Wesley
Lin, Roger
Xie, Pingping
Chen, Mingyue
Zhou, Shuntai
Higgins, Wayne
Zou, Cheng-Zhi
Liu, Quanhua
Chen, Yong
Han, Yong
Cucurull, Lidia
Reynolds, Richard W.
Rutledge, Glenn
Goldberg, Mitch
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2010-01-20
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DN438J
Alternate Identifier d093002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:19:46Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d093002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Saha, Suranjana, Moorthi, Shrinivas, Pan, Hua-Lu, Wu, Xingren, Wang, Jie, Nadiga, Sudhir, Tripp, Patrick, Kistler, Robert, Woollen, John, Behringer, David, Liu, Haixia, Stokes, Diane, Grumbine, Robert, Gayno, George, Wang, Jun, Hou, Yu-Tai, Chuang, Hui-Ya, Juang, Hann-Ming H., Sela, Joe, Iredell, Mark, Treadon, Russ, Kleist, Daryl, Delst, Paul Van, Keyser, Dennis, Derber, John, Ek, Michael, Meng, Jesse, Wei, Helin, Yang, Rongqian, Lord, Stephen, van den Dool, Huug, Kumar, Arun, Wang, Wanqiu, Long, Craig, Chelliah, Muthuvel, Xue, Yan, Huang, Boyin, Schemm, Jae-Kyung, Ebisuzaki, Wesley, Lin, Roger, Xie, Pingping, Chen, Mingyue, Zhou, Shuntai, Higgins, Wayne, Zou, Cheng-Zhi, Liu, Quanhua, Chen, Yong, Han, Yong, Cucurull, Lidia, Reynolds, Richard W., Rutledge, Glenn, Goldberg, Mitch. (2010). NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) Monthly Products, January 1979 to December 2010. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DN438J. Accessed 09 October 2025.

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