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BOM

Wrong maximum values of surface air maximum temperature (Tmax) at some points for BoM  data
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1. Brief  description:

Some coastal grid points may display unrealistic Tmax values. All of  the spurious Tmax points are flagged as being ocean points based on the POAMA*'s land-sea mask.

2. Recommendation:

To eliminate the spurious values, use Tmax  over land points only,  based on POAMA's land-sea mask .

* POAMA stands for Predictive Ocean Atmosphere Model for Australia.

Problem with sea-ice cover in BoM re-forecast data
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1. Brief  description:

The sea-ice cover data in the BoM re-forecasts is incorrect. The climatological evolution of sea ice in the BoM re-forecats is for 1 January through to early March (62 day re-forecasts) for all start dates. Therefore, the sea ice coverage is wrong in the S2S archive,  except for the forecasts that start on or near 1 January

2. Recommendation:

It is recommended to not download the BoM sea-ice cover re-forecast data until the correct data has been fully uploaded in the ECMWF S2S data server. There will be an announcement when the problem has been fixed.

CMA

Problem with sea-ice cover in CMA re-forecast data. Fixed 31st March 2016

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Info

1. Brief  description:

CMA has informed us that the real-time forecast for 2nd to 5th January 2015 and 2016 had an issue with the initial fields used. They have corrected the initial conditions and re-run those dates. We are validating the dataset before replacing them in the ECMWF S2S database.

2. Recommendation:

We recommend not to download the CMA real-time forecast (periods 2nd to 5th January 2015 and 2016) until the correct data has been fully uploaded in the ECMWF S2S data server. There will be an announcement when the problem has been fixed.
Problem with sea-ice cover in BoM re-forecast data
Info

1. Brief  description:

The sea-ice cover data in the BoM re-forecasts is incorrect. The climatological evolution of sea ice in the BoM re-forecats is for 1 January through to early March (62 day re-forecasts) for all start dates. Therefore, the sea ice coverage is wrong in the S2S archive,  except for the forecasts that start on or near 1 January

2. Recommendation:

It is recommended to not download the BoM sea-ice cover re-forecast data until the correct data has been fully uploaded in the ECMWF S2S data server. There will be an announcement when the problem has been fixed.