This dataset is based on the operational ECMWF's ENS IFS forecast outputs. At the moment only control forecast outputs have been archived. There are 7 additional pressure levels being archived for YOPP to have a better vertical resolution in higher altitudes.
The dataset specification:
- Model runs: 00Z and 12Z
- Pressure levels: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 850, 900, 925, 950, 1000 hPa
- Model levels: 1-91
- Output frequency:
- Steps: 6 to 360 by 6 (extremes):
- 10 metre wind gust in the last 6 hours, Maximum temperature at 2 metres in the last 6 hours, Maximum total precipitation rate in the last 6 hours, Minimum temperature at 2 metres in the last 6 hours, Minimum total precipitation rate in the last 6 hours
- Step: 0 to 144 by 3, 150 to 360 by 6 (accumulated & instant):
- 10 metre U wind component, 10 metre V wind component, 10 metre wind gust since previous post-processing, 100 metre U wind component, 100 metre V wind component, 2 metre dewpoint temperature, 2 metre temperature, Accumulated Carbon Dioxide Ecosystem Respiration, Accumulated Carbon Dioxide Gross Primary Production, Accumulated Carbon Dioxide Net Ecosystem Exchange, Accumulated freezing rain, Albedo, Boundary layer dissipation, Boundary layer height, Ceiling, Clear-sky direct solar radiation at surface, Cloud base height, Convective available potential energy, Convective available potential energy shear, Convective inhibition, Convective precipitation, Convective rain rate, Convective snowfall rate water equivalent, Direct solar radiation, Downward UV radiation at the surface, Eastward turbulent surface stress, Evaporation, Flux of Carbon Dioxide Ecosystem Respiration, Flux of Carbon Dioxide Gross Primary Production, Flux of Carbon Dioxide Net Ecosystem Exchange, Geopotential, Gravity wave dissipation, Height of convective cloud top, Height of one-degree wet-bulb temperature, Height of zero-degree wet-bulb temperature, High cloud cover, Instantaneous 10 metre wind gust, Instantaneous large-scale surface precipitation fraction, K index, Lake bottom temperature, Lake ice depth, Lake ice temperature, Lake mix-layer depth, Lake mix-layer temperature, Lake shape factor, Lake total layer temperature, Land-sea mask, Large scale rain rate, Large scale snowfall rate water equivalent, Large-scale precipitation, Low cloud cover, Maximum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing, Maximum total precipitation rate since previous post-processing, Mean sea level pressure, Medium cloud cover, Minimum temperature at 2 metres since previous post-processing, Minimum total precipitation rate since previous post-processing, Northward turbulent surface stress, Ocean current meridional component, Ocean current zonal component, Potential evaporation, Precipitation type, Runoff, Sea surface temperature, Sea-ice cover, Skin temperature, Snow albedo, Snow density, Snow depth, Snowfall, Soil temperature level 1, Soil temperature level 2, Soil temperature level 3, Soil temperature level 4, Soil type, Sub-surface runoff, Sunshine duration, Surface latent heat flux, Surface net solar radiation, Surface net thermal radiation, Surface pressure, Surface roughness, Surface runoff, Surface sensible heat flux, Surface solar radiation downwards, Surface thermal radiation downwards, Top net solar radiation, Top net thermal radiation, Total cloud cover, Total column cloud ice water, Total column cloud liquid water, Total column ozone, Total column rain water, Total column snow water, Total column supercooled liquid water, Total column water, Total column water vapour, Total precipitation, Total sky direct solar radiation at surface, Total totals index, Visibility, Volumetric soil water layer 1, Volumetric soil water layer 2, Volumetric soil water layer 3, Volumetric soil water layer 4, Zero degree level
- Step: 216, 240, 336, 360:
- Charnock, Ice temperature layer 1, Ice temperature layer 2, Ice temperature layer 3, Ice temperature layer 4, Skin reservoir content, Temperature of snow layer
- Steps: 6 to 360 by 6 (extremes):