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Dataset: Full Collection (Reference / Forecast Time) Dataset
Catalog: Unidata THREDDS Data Server - NCEP models/NCEP Forecast Models/Global Forecast System (GFS)/GFS CONUS 80km
dataFormatGRIB-1
authorityedu.ucar.unidata
featureTypeGRID
idgrib/NCEP/GFS/CONUS_80km/TwoD
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ServiceTypeDescription
OPENDAP Data Access Access dataset through OPeNDAP using the DAP2 protcol.
CdmRemote Data Access Provides index subsetting on remote CDM datasets, using ncstream.
NetcdfSubset Data Access A web service for subsetting CDM scientific datasets.
WMS Data Access Supports access to georegistered map images from geoscience datasets.
WCS Data Access Supports access to geospatial data as 'coverages'.
ISO Metadata Provide ISO 19115 metdata representation of a dataset's structure and metadata.
NCML Metadata Provide NCML representation of a dataset.
UDDC Metadata An evaluation of how well the metadata contained in the dataset conforms to the NetCDF Attribute Convention for Data Discovery (NACDD)

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ViewerTypeDescription
Godiva3 Browser
default_viewer.ipynb Jupyter Notebook The TDS default viewer attempts to plot any Variable contained in the Dataset.
Documentation
Creators
Publishers
Geospatial Coverage
Time Coverage
Properties

Description:

  • summary: Two time dimensions: reference and forecast; full access to all GRIB records
  • rights: Freely available
  • processing_level: Transmitted through Unidata Internet Data Distribution.
  • processing_level: Read by CDM Grib Collection.
  • summary: NCEP Global Forecast System Model, previously called AVN/MRF (Medium Range Forecast)
  • summary: NCEP GFS Model : AWIPS 211 (Q) Grid. Regional - CONUS (Lambert Conformal). Model runs are made at 0, 6, 12, and 18Z, with analysis and forecasts every 6 hours out 10 days. Horizontal = 93 by 65 points, resolution 81.27 km, LambertConformal projection. Vertical = 1000 to 100 hPa pressure levels (29 levels); surface, height above ground, pressure layers.
  • NCEP Model documentation
  • NCEP/NWS Model Analyses and Forecasts page
  • Unidata IDD Model Data page
  • COMET MetEd (Meteorology Education and Training) documentation
  • NCEP Model Notes

Creators:

  • DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS) National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)

Publishers:

GeospatialCoverage:

  • Longitude: -152.8723387591403 to -49.31375333991065 degrees_east
  • Latitude: 12.190000534057615 to 57.300113520361606 degrees_north

TimeCoverage:

  • Start: 2024-04-25T18:00:00Z
  • End: 2024-05-08T18:00:00Z
  • Duration: 13.0 days

Properties:

  • Originating_or_generating_Center = US National Weather Service, National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)
  • Originating_or_generating_Subcenter = 0
  • GRIB_table_version = 0,2
  • Generating_process_or_model = Analysis from GFS (Global Forecast System)
  • file_format = GRIB-1
  • Conventions = CF-1.6
  • history = Read using CDM IOSP GribCollection v3
  • featureType = GRID
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