The following is a description of GloFAS v4.1, available as fully operational GloFAS from 28 February 2024.
For an overview of other GloFAS releases, please see : GloFAS versioning system.
Summary
GloFAS v4.1 introduces several minor changes to the system, including:
- Increased offering of forecast variables made available through the Climate Data Store. See Model Output page for details. The data will also be made available for the reanalysis:
- Runoff Water Equivalent (surface plus subsurface),
- Snow Depth Water Equivalent,
- and Soil Wetness Index (root-zone).
- Improved reporting point layer, with additional metadata available for 'dynamic reporting points'.
- Improved information on the GloFAS map viewer (updated legends and layer titles).
- GloFAS Flood thresholds available for various return periods, see Auxiliary Data pages for GloFAS v4.0 flood threshold files.
This upgrade of GloFAS has no impacts on the GloFAS modelling results.
Technical details
| Pre-release date (available on stage platform) | n/a |
|---|---|
| Release date | 2023-02-28 |
| In test suite | n/a |
| GloFAS internal number | 005 |
| Archiving of data | ECFS, MARS, CDS |
| Reference climatology (for thresholds/ anomalies) | 1980-01-01 to 2022-07-31 |
| GloFAS historical | 1980-01-01 to near present |
| Reforecasts | from 2003-03-27 to 2024-02-26 |
| Horizontal projection | EPSG4326 |
| Horizontal resolution | 0.05 x 0.05° |
| Temporal resolution | Daily |