All file_types but the 8-day 12-hour forecasts are in our ds090.0 dataset. The 8-day 12-hour forecasts including pgb.fhhh and flux.fhhh file_types are in our ds090.1 dataset.
All products in ds090.0 are saved every 6 hours (4X per day). All file_types are synoptic sort unless otherwise noted.
| File_Type | Available Dates | Format Type | Size (Mb) 1985 | Horizontal Grid | Vertical Grid | # of V/L@ | Characteristics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prepqm | 1948-2008APR* | BUFR | 7276 | --- | --- | --- | Observation, *Public (non-restricted) version after Aug 31, 2003 |
| sanl | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 2697 | --- | sigma,28 | --- | T62 spectral coef, anals |
| grbsanl | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 4909 | Gaussian | sigma,28 | 174 | anals,from sanl |
| pgb.f00 | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 2747 | latlon,2.5 | press,17 | 135 | anals,from sanl |
| prs | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 2153 | latlon,2.5 | press,17 | 113 | anals,from sanl, +time sort |
| ipvanl | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 1463 | latlon,2.5 | theta,11 | 89 | anals,from sanl |
| theta | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 1971 | latlon,2.5 | theta,11 | 11V | anals,time sort,from sanl |
| sfcanl | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 1693 | --- | --- | --- | anals, flux fields |
| sges | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 2799 | --- | --- | --- | 1st guess, like sanl |
| grbsf06 | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 4895 | Gaussian | sigma,28 | 174 | 1st guess,from sges |
| pgb.f06 | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 2531 | latlon,2.5 | press,17 | 135 | 1st guess,from sges |
| bges | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 1549 | --- | --- | --- | 1st guess,flux fields, like sfcanl |
| grb2d | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 1990 | Gaussian | boundary | 71 | anals,flux fields,bges+ |
| 2D | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 2606 | Gaussian & latlon,2.5 | boundary | ~103 | anals,flux fields,time sort,grb2d+pgb.f00 |
| grb3d | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 9381 | Gaussian | sigma,28 | 308 | anals, model diagnostics (heating, moistening, momentum, etc) |
| 3D (dgn) | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 192 | Gaussian | sigma,28 | 6V | anals,monthly stats of grb3d, +time sort |
| grib | 1948-2008APR | GRIB | 269 | latlon,2.5 | press,theta | 672 | anals,monthly stats of pgb.f00,grb2d and ipvanl, +time sort |
| znl.f00 | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 52 | --- | --- | --- | 30 deg zonal,anals |
| znl.f06 | 1948-2008APR | CRAY/IEEE | 52 | --- | --- | --- | 30 deg zonal,1st guess |
| optavg | 1948-1997Feb | ASCII | 31 | --- | --- | --- | anals,optimum averages of global regions (20 deg?) |
| pgb.fhhh | 1948-2006FEB | GRIB | --- | latlon,2.5 | press,17 | 128 | ds090.1, 8-day forecast |
| flux.fhhh | 1948-2006FEB | GRIB | --- | --- | boundary | 43 | ds090.1, 8-day forecast sufrace flux fields |