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),
- Note: there is a slight delay for the release of Runoff Water Equivalent variable, it will be made available as soon as possible.
Snow Depth Water Equivalent,
- and Soil Wetness Index (root-zone).
This upgrade of GloFAS has no impacts on the GloFAS modelling results.
Technical details
Pre-release date (available on stage platform) | n/a |
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Release date | 2023-02-28 |
In test suite | n/a |
GloFAS internal number | 005 |
Archiving of data | ECFS, MARS, CDS |
ClimatologyReference 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 |