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Near-Realtime Online THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) Data
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This dataset holds the most recent 2-3 weeks of THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) forecast data online for internet download. Global ensemble model data are available from the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ecmf), United Kingdom Met Office (egrr), National Centers for Environmental Prediction (kwbc), Japan Meteorological Agency (rjtd), Australia Bureau of Meteorology (ammc), China Meteorological Administration (babj), MeteoFrance (lfpw), Meteorological Service of Canada (cwao), Centro de Previsao Tempo e Estudos Climaticos-Brazil (sbsj), and Korea Meteorological Administration (rksl). A 48 hour delay is enforced from forecast initialization to data availability
Software to extract and download user specified parameters is available through the "DS Software" tab.
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| PERIODS: |
2009-03-01 to 2009-06-31
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| UPDATES: |
Daily (nominally)
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| USAGE: |
Usage is restricted to non-commercial, educational and research purposes only.
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| VARIABLES: |
| Air Temperature | Cloud Amount/Frequency | Dew Point Temperature | Geopotential Height |
| Heat Flux | Humidity | Incoming Solar Radiation | Liquid Water Equivalent |
| Outgoing Longwave Radiation | Potential Temperature | Precipitation Amount | Sea Level Pressure |
| Skin Temperature | Snow Water Equivalent | Soil Temperature | Surface Air Temperature |
| Surface Pressure | Surface Winds | Upper Level Winds | Vorticity |
Detailed variable information is available.
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| LEVELS: |
| Ground or water surface | Mean sea level | 320 deg K | 1000 mbar |
| 925 mbar | 850 mbar | 700 mbar | 500 mbar |
| 300 mbar | 250 mbar | 200 mbar | 50 mbar |
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| TIMES: |
Every 6 hours
Every 12 hours
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| TYPES: |
Grid
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| COVERAGE: |
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N
 Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information:
1.5° x 1.5°, 0E to 358.5E and 90N to 90S (240 x 121 Longitude/Latitude)
0.5625° x 0.5625°, 0E to 359.4375E and 90N to 90S (640 x 321 Longitude/Latitude)
1° x 1°, 0E to 359E and 90N to 90S (360 x 181 Longitude/Latitude)
1.25° x 0.833333°, 0E to 358.75E and 90S to 90N (288 x 217 Longitude/Latitude)
1.25° x 0.833333°, 0.625E to 359.375E and 89.5833S to 89.5833N (288 x 216 Longitude/Latitude)
1.5° x 1.5°, 0E to 358.5E and 90N to 90N (240 x 121 Longitude/Latitude)
1.25° x 1.25°, 0E to 358.75E and 90N to 90S (288 x 145 Longitude/Latitude)
0.9375° x ~0.935° from 0E to 359.062E and 89.2842N to 89.2842S (384 x 192 Gaussian Longitude/Latitude)
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| SOURCES: |
AU/BOM Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
ECMWFEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEPNational Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
GB/MOD/METMet Office, Ministry of Defence, United Kingdom
JP/JMAJapan Meteorological Agency, Japan
CN/CMAChina Meteorological Administration, China
CA/EC/MSC/CMCCanadian Meteorological Centre, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada
BR/MST/INPE/CPTECCenter for Weather Forecast and Climatic Analysis, National Institute for Space Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil
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| RELATED SITES: |
ECMWF TIGGE web portal
CMA TIGGE portal
TIGGE data overview.
NCAR TIGGE Web Portal, provides grid interpolation, parameter and spatial sub-setting for the most recent 2 weeks of TIGGE forecast cycles
CMA TIGGE portal
TIGGE LAM project page.
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| PUBLICATIONS: |
Recommended acknowledgement for this dataset:
"The data for this study are from the Research Data Archive (RDA) which is maintained by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The original data are available from the RDA (http://dss.ucar.edu) in dataset number ds330.2."
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| VOLUME: |
0.00 MBytes
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| DATA FORMATS: |
WMO GRIB2
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| RELATED DATASETS: |
ds330.0 - Historical THORPEX Interactive Grand Global Ensemble (TIGGE) Data Archive
ds330.3 - TIGGE Tropical Cyclone Track Data
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| CONTACT: |
For assistance with this dataset, please contact
Doug Schuster (303-497-1216)
. If the specialist is unavailable, please contact
Data Help.
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| DATA ACCESS: |
Click the  tab here or in the navigation bar at the top of the page. |
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