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NOAA/NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS) Atmospheric Model

Identification Information

Citation:

Citation Information:

Title: NOAA/NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS) Atmospheric Model

Date:

Date: May 6, 2011
Date Type: creation (CI_DateTypeCode)
Identifier:
Code: ncep_global
Authority: org.pacioos

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://www.ncep.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: originator (CI_RoleCode)

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Suggested data citation: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). 2011, updated 2023. NOAA/NCEP Global Forecast System (GFS) Atmospheric Model. [Indicate temporal subset used.] Distributed by the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS). http://pacioos.org/metadata/ncep_global.html. Accessed [date].

Abstract:

U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecast System (GFS) numerical weather prediction model 8-day, 3-hourly forecast for the globe at approximately 50-km or 0.5-deg resolution.

Purpose:

PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.

Credit:

The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a Regional Association within the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). PacIOOS is coordinated by the University of Hawaii School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST).

Point of Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://www.ncep.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

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Image File: http://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/metadata/browse/ncep_global.png

File Description:

Sample image.

Descriptive Keywords:

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Sea Level Pressure
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Longwave Radiation
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Shortwave Radiation
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Surface Air Temperature
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
Keyword: Earth Science Atmosphere Precipitation Rain
Keyword: Earth Science Services Models Weather Research/Forecast Models

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Science Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Models/Analyses NCEP-GFS NCEP Global Forecast System
Keyword: Models/Analyses Operational Models

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Platform Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Not Applicable Not Applicable

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Instrument Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: place (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: Geographic Region Global Ocean

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Location Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: project (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Project Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: dataCenter (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: PacIOOS Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: GCMD Data Center Keywords

Keywords:

Keyword Type: theme (MD_KeywordTypeCode)

Keyword: air_pressure_at_sea_level
Keyword: air_temperature
Keyword: eastward_wind
Keyword: forecast_period
Keyword: forecast_reference_time
Keyword: latitude
Keyword: longitude
Keyword: northward_wind
Keyword: precipitation_flux
Keyword: relative_humidity
Keyword: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux
Keyword: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux
Keyword: surface_temperature
Keyword: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux
Keyword: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux
Keyword: time

Keyword Thesaurus:

Citation Information:

Title: CF Standard Name Table v39

Aggregation Information:

Aggregate Dataset Name:

Citation Information:

Title: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)

Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)

Aggregation Information:

Aggregate Dataset Identifier:

Code: Grid
Authority: Unidata Common Data Model

Association Type: largerWorkCitation (DS_AssociationTypeCode)

Initiative Type: project (DS_InitiativeTypeCode)

Resource Constraints:

Legal Constraints:

Use Limitation:

The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Language:

eng

Topic Categories (MD_TopicCategoryCode):

Topic Category: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Extent Information:

Spatial Temporal Extent:

Geographic Element:

Bounding Coordinates:

 
Westbound Longitude: .0°
Eastbound Longitude: 359.5°
Southbound Latitude: -90.0°
Northbound Latitude: 90.0°

Temporal Element:

Time Period:

Description: seconds
Begin Position: December 1, 2022
End Position: April 3, 2024

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OPeNDAP

Service Type: THREDDS OPeNDAP

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: OPeNDAP Client Access

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd
Name: OPeNDAP
Protocol: OPeNDAP:OPeNDAP
Description: THREDDS OPeNDAP
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WCS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/wcs/ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd?service=WCS&version=1.0.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WCS
Protocol: OGC:WCS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: OGC-WMS

Service Type: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: GetCapabilities

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/wms/ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd?service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities
Name: OGC-WMS
Protocol: OGC:WMS
Description: Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Services:

Service Identification:

Identifier: THREDDS_NetCDF_Subset

Service Type: THREDDS NetCDF Subset Service

Contains Operation:

Operation Name: NetCDFSubsetService

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/ncss/ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd/dataset.html
Name: THREDDS_NetCDF_Subset
Protocol: UNIDATA:NCSS
Description: THREDDS NetCDF Subset Service
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Data Quality Information

Scope:

dataset

Lineage:

Statement:

2011-06-02T00:00:00Z Subset 0.5-deg NCEP GFS daily from nomads server via OPeNDAP and Python.
2023-01-24T21:20:00Z Removed erroneous inclusion of "net" in the long_name and standard_name of the variables dlwrfsfc (surface_downwelling_longwave_flux) and dswrfsfc (surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux). Added variables ulwrfsfc (surface_upwelling_longwave_flux) and uswrfsfc (surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux) for users wishing to compute net downward fluxes (e.g., dlwrfsfc minus ulwrfsfc and dswrfsfc minus uswrfsfc).

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Spatial Representation Information

Number Of Dimensions:

3

Axis Dimension Properties:

Dimension:

Dimension Name: column (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 720
Resolution: 0.5 degrees_east

Dimension:

Dimension Name: row (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 361
Resolution: 0.5 degrees_north

Dimension:

Dimension Name: temporal (MD_DimensionNameTypeCode)
Dimension Size: 3913
Resolution: 10800.0 seconds

Cell Geometry:

area (MD_CellGeometryCode)

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Content Information

Coverage Description:

Dimensions:

Dimension:

Attribute Name: dlwrfsfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: W m-2
Descriptor:

surface downwelling longwave radiation flux (surface_downwelling_longwave_flux)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: dswrfsfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: W m-2
Descriptor:

surface downwelling shortwave radiation flux (surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: pratesfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: kg m-2 s-1
Descriptor:

rainfall rate (precipitation_flux)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: rh2m
Attribute Type: float
Units: %
Descriptor:

relative humidity at 2m (relative_humidity)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: tmpsfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: K
Descriptor:

surface air temperature (surface_temperature)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: tmp2m
Attribute Type: float
Units: K
Descriptor:

air temperature at 2m (air_temperature)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: ugrd10m
Attribute Type: float
Units: m s-1
Descriptor:

eastward wind velocity at 10m (eastward_wind)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: ulwrfsfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: W m-2
Descriptor:

surface upwelling longwave radiation flux (surface_upwelling_longwave_flux)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: uswrfsfc
Attribute Type: float
Units: W m-2
Descriptor:

surface upwelling shortwave radiation flux (surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: vgrd10m
Attribute Type: float
Units: m s-1
Descriptor:

northward wind velocity at 10m (northward_wind)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: time_offset
Attribute Type: double
Units: hours since 2022-12-01T00-00-00Z
Descriptor:

offset hour from start of run for coordinate = time (forecast_period)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: latitude
Attribute Type: double
Units: degrees_north
Descriptor:

latitude (latitude)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: longitude
Attribute Type: double
Units: degrees_east
Descriptor:

longitude (longitude)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: prmslmsl
Attribute Type: float
Units: Pa
Descriptor:

mean sea level pressure (air_pressure_at_sea_level)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: time
Attribute Type: double
Units: hours since 2022-12-01 00-00-00.000 UTC
Descriptor:

Forecast time for ForecastModelRunCollection (time)

Dimension:

Attribute Name: time_run
Attribute Type: double
Units: hours since 2022-12-01 00-00-00.000 UTC
Descriptor:

run times for coordinate = time (forecast_reference_time)

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Distribution Information

Distributor:

Distributor Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: info@pacioos.org

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: publisher (CI_RoleCode)

Distributor Formats:

Name: OPeNDAP
Version: DAP/2.0

Distributor Transfer Options:

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/catalog/ncep_global/catalog.html?dataset=ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd
Name: THREDDS Catalog
Protocol: UNIDATA:THREDDS
Description: This URL provides a catalog page for this dataset within THREDDS Data Server (TDS).
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/thredds/dodsC/ncep_global/NCEP_Global_Atmospheric_Model_best.ncd.html
Name: File Information
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a standard OPeNDAP html interface for selecting data from this dataset. Change the extension to .info for a description of the dataset.
Function: download (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org/voyager/index.html?b=-85.200475%2C-180%2C85.200475%2C180&t=h&o=wfore:6:f:d1
Name: PacIOOS Voyager (Google Maps API)
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: http://pacioos.org/weather/model-wind-global/
Name: PacIOOS website
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://pae-paha.pacioos.hawaii.edu/erddap/griddap/ncep_global
Name: ERDDAP
Protocol: ERDDAP:griddap
Description: This URL provides a viewer and/or data access for this dataset.
Function: download (CI_PresentationFormCode)

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/products/gfs/
Name: Related URL
Protocol: http
Description: This URL provides additional information related to this dataset.
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)

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Metadata Reference Information

File Identifier:

http://pacioos.org/metadata/iso/ncep_global.xml

Language:

eng

Character Set:

UTF8 (MD_CharacterSetCode)

Hierarchy Level:

dataset (MD_ScopeCode)

Hierarchy Level:

service (MD_ScopeCode)

Contact:

Responsible Party:

Organization Name: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
Contact:

Contact Address:

Email: ncep.list.pmb-dataflow@lstsrv.ncep.noaa.gov

Online Resource:

Linkage: https://www.ncep.noaa.gov
Protocol: http
Function: information (CI_OnLineFunctionCode)
Contact Role: pointOfContact (CI_RoleCode)

Date Stamp:

March 27, 2024

Metadata Maintenance Information:

Maintenance And Update Frequency: unknown

Maintenance Note:

This record was translated from NcML using UnidataDD2MI.xsl Version 2.3.

Metadata Standard Name:

ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data

Metadata Standard Version:

ISO 19115-2:2009(E)

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