CFSV2: NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2, 6-Hourly Products (NOAA/CFSV2/FOR6H)

Version V2

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Forecast
System (CFS) is a fully coupled model representing the interaction between
the Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land, and sea ice. CFS was developed at the
Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) at NCEP. The operational CFS was
upgraded to version 2 (CFSv2) on March 30, 2011.

Forecasts are initialized four times per day (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800
UTC). This is the same model that was used to create the NCEP Climate
Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), and the purpose of the CFSv2 dataset is
to extend CFSR. We ingest only a subset of bands from files matching
cdas1.t??z.sfluxgrbf06.grib2.

For more information about CFS, please see the CFS NOAA site.

NameDescriptionGee Unit
Downward_Long-Wave_Radp_Flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageDownward long-wave radiation flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Downward_Short-Wave_Radiation_Flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageDownward short-wave radiation flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Geopotential_height_surfaceGeopotential height at surfacegpm
Latent_heat_net_flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageLatent heat net flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Maximum_specific_humidity_at_2m_height_above_ground_6_Hour_IntervalMaximum specific humidity 2m above ground, 6-hour intervalkg/kg
Maximum_temperature_height_above_ground_6_Hour_IntervalMaximum temperature 2m above ground, 6-hour intervalK
Minimum_specific_humidity_at_2m_height_above_ground_6_Hour_IntervalMinimum specific humidity 2m above ground, 6-hour intervalkg/kg
Minimum_temperature_height_above_ground_6_Hour_IntervalMinimum temperature 2m above ground, 6-hour intervalK
Potential_Evaporation_Rate_surface_6_Hour_AveragePotential evaporation rate at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Precipitation_rate_surface_6_Hour_AveragePrecipitation rate at surface, 6-hour averagekg/m^2/s^1
Pressure_surfacePressure at surfacePa
Sensible_heat_net_flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageSensible heat net flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Specific_humidity_height_above_groundSpecific humidity 2m above groundkg/kg
Temperature_height_above_groundTemperature 2m above groundK
u-component_of_wind_height_above_groundU-component of wind 10m above groundm/s
Upward_Long-Wave_Radp_Flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageUpward long-wave radiation flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
Upward_Short-Wave_Radiation_Flux_surface_6_Hour_AverageUpward short-wave radiation flux at surface, 6-hour averageW/m^2
v-component_of_wind_height_above_groundV-component of wind 10m above groundm/s
Volumetric_Soil_Moisture_Content_depth_below_surface_layer_5_cmVolumetric soil moisture content 5cm below surface layerfraction
Volumetric_Soil_Moisture_Content_depth_below_surface_layer_25_cmVolumetric soil moisture content 25cm below surface layerfraction
Volumetric_Soil_Moisture_Content_depth_below_surface_layer_70_cmVolumetric soil moisture content 70cm below surface layerfraction
Volumetric_Soil_Moisture_Content_depth_below_surface_layer_150_cmVolumetric soil moisture content 150cm below surface layerfraction

Providers

NOAA NWS National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) (producer, licensor)
Google Earth Engine (host)
STAC Version 0.6.0
Keywords climate, daylight, flux, forecast, geophysical, ncep, noaa, nws, precipitation, radiation, snow, temperature, vapor, water, weather
License proprietary
Temporal Extent 12/31/1978, 4:00:00 PM - now
DOI https://doi.org/10.5065/D61C1TXF
Citation Saha, S., et al. 2011, updated daily. NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2 (CFSv2) 6-hourly Products. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. [https://doi.org/10.5065/D61C1TXF](https://doi.org/10.5065/D61C1TXF). Accessed dd mmm yyyy.
Type image_collection
GSD arc degreesm
Cadence hours
Asset schema {"name":"end_hour","description":"End hour","type":"DOUBLE"},{"name":"start_hour","description":"Start hour","type":"DOUBLE"}