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Forecast / Analysis

Number of members

Horizontal resolution

Vertical levels

Pressure at model top (hPa)

Perturbation models

HRES

Atmospheric Model high resolution

Forecast

  • 0–10 days

1

  •  Native (1): O1280 ~9km
  •  Interpolated (2): 0.1°  ~9km

137

0.01 hPa

No

ENS

Ensemble - Atmospheric Model

Forecast

  • 0–15 days
51

Day 0-15

  • Native (1): O640 ~18km
  • Interpolated (2):0.2°
1370.01 hPa

Yes (4)

ENS Extended

Atmospheric Model Extended forecast (monthly)

Forecast

  • 16–46 days
  • run twice a week
51
  • Native (1): O320 ~36km
  • Interpolated (2): 0.4°


137

0.01 hPaYes (4)

4DVAR

4-Dimensional data assimilation

Analysis

1

  •  N255/N319/N399/N399 inner loop minimisations
  • 4 outer loops at O1280 resolution


137


0.01 hPa

No

EDA

Ensemble of data assimilations

Analysis

51

  •  N191/N191 inner loop minimisations
  • 2 outer loops at O640 resolution 

137

0.01 hPa

Yes (5)

SEAS5 2017 version  Cycle 43r1

Seasonal forecast

Forecast

  • long-range forecast run monthly from 0 to 7 months
  • annual range forecast run quarterly from  0 to 13 months

51



15

  • Native (1):O320 ~36km
  • Interpolated (2): 0.4°

91

0.01 hPa

Yes (4)

Ensemble and

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seasonal re-forecasts

Table 1b: Key characteristics of the ENS and SEAS re-forecasts of the ECMWF IFS

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