The CAMS IFS cycle 46R1 is based on ECMWF's IFS cycle 46R1 . IFS Cycle 46r1 is an upgrade with many scientific contributions, including changes in the use of observations and in modelling. The new cycle also includes an upgrade of the vertical resolution from 60 model levels to 137 model levels.
The page will be updated as required. It was last changed on 05.07.2019.
For a record of changes made to this page please refer to Document versions .
Further information and advice regarding the upgrade can be obtained from the Copernicus User Support.
The planned timetable for the implementation of the cycle 46r1 is as follows:
Date | Event |
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08-05-2019 | Announcement of expected implementation date |
09-07-2019 | Implementation |
The timetable represents current expectations and may change in light of actual progress made.
IFS cycle 46r1 is going through its final testing phase.
The meteorological changes can be found on the ECMWF IFS CY46R1 page .
Assimilation
Observations
Emissions
Other model changes
Sulfur species (SO2 and SO4) coupled between chemistry and aerosol schemes. See discontinued parameters below. This brings a greater consistency between the chemistry and aerosol products related to the sulfur cycle.
This upgrade introduces some significant changes that will allow better evolution of the CAMS forecasting system products and their quality on the long term. The main direct impact seen for this upgarde is a significant improvement of the Particulate Matter (PM) values and some degradation of the stratospheric ozone profile, although total column ozone values have no tbeen changed. For all other species we confirm very similar performeance to the previous forecastsing system. In summary:
The new cycle has been validated by the CAMS Validation team and the results are presented in their validation report.
paramId | shortName | name | units | GRIB edition | Components | Test data available |
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Model levels | ||||||
210247 | aermr16 | Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 2 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
210248 | aermr17 | Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 2 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
aermr18 | Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 2 | CAMS aerosol model | yes | |
Pressure levels | ||||||
210247 | aermr16 | Nitrate fine mode aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 1 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
210248 | aermr17 | Nitrate coarse mode aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 1 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
210249 | aermr18 | Ammonium aerosol mass mixing ratio | kg kg-1 | 1 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
Surface level | ||||||
210250 | niaod550 | Nitrate aerosol optical depth at 550 nm | dimensionless | 1 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
210251 | amaod550 | Ammonium aerosol optical depth at 550 nm | dimensionless | 1 | CAMS aerosol model | yes |
The "SO2 aerosol precursor" (aermr12/210012 and related diagnostics 215168–215175) have been discontinued, as the aerosol scheme now uses the same SO2 tracer as the chemistry (so2/210122).
Similarly, the sulfate tracer in the chemistry scheme (so4/217020 and related diagnostic tcso4/218020) is no longer used, as the chemistry now uses the same sulfate tracer as the aerosol (aermr11/210011).
Old grib name | Old grib short name | Old grib parameter ID | New grib name | New grib short name | New grib parameter ID | |
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SO2 precursor mixing ratio | aermr12 | 210012 | Sulphur dioxide | so2 | 210122 | |
Sulfate | so4 | 217020 | Sulphate Aerosol Mixing Ratio | aermr11 | 210011 |
ecCodes version 2.12.1 provides full support for the new CAMS model output parameters introduced in IFS Cycle 46r1.
The CAMS operational FTP server (ECPDS) currently serves one day of test data (17 March 2019) in the directory "/DATA/CAMS_GLOBAL_TEST" and "/DATA/CAMS_EUROPE_BC_TEST" for global and regional boundary condition data, respectively. More details can be found here .
Date | Reason for update |
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11.04.2019 | Initial version |
30.04.2019 | Listing of all changes and their expected impact. |
20.06.2019 | Decision on expected implementation date |
04-07-2019 | Summary of validation results added. |
05-07-2019 | Link to validation report added |