placeholder - Upcoming GloFAS release (v4.4)

The following is a description of GloFAS v4.4, available as fully operational GloFAS from 10 September 2025.

For an overview of other GloFAS releases, please see: GloFAS versioning system.

Summary

GloFAS v4.4 introduces several minor changes to the system, including:

Inclusion of ECMWF's AIFS model in GloFAS. Input needed from Nicola Martin and Ervin Zsoter
- description of meteo forcings: placeholder - GloFAS meteorological forecasts, updates needed in ECMWF IFS versions and ECMWF AIFS versions
- link to AIFS documentation from ECMWF.
- Descriptions of new reporting points and AIFS flood probability layers. In placeholder - GloFAS Reporting Points, remember to explain the overlapping WB dots (due to ordering). Input from Juan Pereira Colonese Graphics to be edited: 2025_GloFAS_wiki_graphics.pptx

This upgrade of GloFAS has no impact on the GloFAS modelling results.

Pre-release date (available onstage platform)
Release date	2025-09-XX
In test suite	n/a
GloFAS internal number	005
Archiving of data	ECFS, MARS, CDS
Reference climatology (for thresholds/ anomalies)	1979-01-01 to 2022-12-31
GloFAS Historical	1979-01-01 to near present
Reforecasts	from 2003-03-27 to real time
Horizontal projection	EPSG4326
Horizontal resolution	0.05 x 0.05°
Temporal resolution	Daily