NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) 6-hourly Products
d094000
<p>The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast System (CFS) is initialized four times per day (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC). NCEP upgraded their operational CFS to version 2 on March 30, 2011. This is the same model that was used to create the NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), and the purpose of this dataset is to extend CFSR. The 6-hourly atmospheric, oceanic and land surface analyzed products and forecasts, available at 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.5 degree horizontal resolutions, are archived here beginning with January 1, 2011 as an extension of CFSR. The RDA is not archiving any of the CFS seasonal forecasts. For more information about CFS, please see <a href="http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/">http://cfs.ncep.noaa.gov/</a>. </p>
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2021-03-30
MODELS > MODELS
NCEP-CFSV2 > NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2
OPERATIONAL MODELS
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2025-10-09
CFSR > NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis
CFSV2 > NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2
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2025-10-09
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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > HEAT FLUX
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
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EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROCESSES > EVAPORATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROCESSES > SUBLIMATION
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
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EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > VEGETATION COVER
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EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > LAND USE/LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL CLASSIFICATION
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES > ALBEDO
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > SKIN TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > TOPOGRAPHY > SURFACE ROUGHNESS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > DIFFUSION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN HEAT BUDGET > DIFFUSION
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY > SALINITY
EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
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EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW COVER
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