The following is a description of the latest operational release of EFAS v5.1. For an overview of other EFAS releases, please see: EFAS versioning system.
EFAS v5.1 introduces several minor changes to the system, including:
The data is available for the reanalysis (from 1992-01-01 to near real-time), the medium range forecasts (from EFAS v5.1 onwards), and the seasonal forecasts (from April 2024). The soil wetness index (root zone) and runoff water equivalent (surface plus subsurface) variables added with EFAS v5.1 on 2024-03-21 will only be available 30 days after the forecast date.
Retirement of ERICHA products
ERICHA Flash Flood products will be phased out in favour of the improved TAMIR products which include radar-nwp blended precipitation, ensemble-based hourly forecasts and flood impact products. More details can be found in TAMIR flash flood nowcasting wiki page.
This upgrade of EFAS has no impact on the EFAS modelling results.
Release date | 2024-03-21 |
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In test suite | 2024-03-07 |
EFAS internal number | 20 |
Archiving of data | ECFS, MARS, CDS |
Reference climatology (for thresholds/ anomalies) | 1992-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
EFAS Historical | 1992-01-01 to near present |
Reforecasts | tbc |
Horizontal projection | EPSG4326 |
Horizontal resolution | 0.01667 x 0.01667° |
Temporal resolution | 6-hourly |