Observations and gridded forcing products input into the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis

NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFSR and CFSv2) initial conditions, full ingest data are found in this dataset collection. These data include conventional and satellite observations, and some select gridded analysis products. The satellite observations contains a subset of the level 1b or higher satellite data products used in the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System. These files can be used with the Weather Research Forecast (WRF), and Community Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation (GSI) Data Assimilation (DA) systems. However, they can be useful for a variety of applications, particularly where conventional data is scarce.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1978-12-31T0000+00
    End:  1980-03-03T0000+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1978-12-31T0000+00
Temporal Range End 1980-03-03T0000+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 0.313 degree
0.312 degree
1 degree
0.5 degree
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : CFS Initial Conditions available from NCEI, 1979 - March 2011

Related Resource #2 : CFS V2 initial conditions available from NCEI, April 2011 - Dec 2014

Related Resource #3 : Listing of NCEP BUFR datatypes

Related Resource #4 : NCEP BUFR MNEMONICS

Related Resource #5 : NCEP BUFRLIB Software User Guide
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format WMO BUFR
WMO GRIB1
Standardized Resource Format BUFR
GRIB
Asset Size 19855867.26 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2015-11-18
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HM56HW
Alternate Identifier d099000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:19:55Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d099000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (2015). Observations and gridded forcing products input into the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6HM56HW. Accessed 13 October 2025.

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