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| Hindcast | Forecast | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmosphere initialization | ERA-Interim | Met Office Global Hybrid 4D-VAR | |
| Atmosphere IC perturbations | None | None | |
Land Initialization | Climatology/ERA-Interim | Climatology/Met Office Global Hybrid 4D-VAR | |
| Land IC perturbations | None | None | |
| Soil moisture & temperature initialization | Climatology | Met Office JULES-JRA55 analysis | Met Office JULES-JRA55 analysisClimatology |
| Snow initialization | ERA-Interim Met Office JULES-JRA55 analysis | Met Office Global 4DJULES-VARJRA55 analysis | |
| Unperturbed control forecast? | No | No |
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| Forecast frequency | daily |
|---|---|
| Forecast ensemble size | 2 per day |
| Hindcast years | 23 24 (1993-20152016) |
| Hindcast ensemble size | 28 (4 start dates, 7 per start date) |
| Hindcast start dates | 9, 17, 25 of month - 1 & 1 of month 0 |
| On-the-fly or static hindcast set? | on-the-fly |
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