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NCEP(GFS - FNL) - National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System (Final) global gridded anlaysis archive - 2000 to Present

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 25/06/2025

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The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Global Forecast System (GFS) final (FNL) gridded analysis datasets for the period from Jan 2000 until the current day. The NCEP GFS is a global spectral data assimilation and forecast model system giving 6 hourly (00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC) atmospheric variables at 26 levels with a resolution of .5 degree. The FNL version uses the same GFS model but the analysis is run at 3 hours past synoptic time instead (when more observational data is available), where a shorter (GDAS), 9-hr forecast is run. This 9-hr forecast is presumably of slightly better quality, as its analysis contains more observational information. The GFS model superceeded the AVN model in October 2002. Data is stored under a single folder(fnl) with 6 hourly files Zipped and Tar'd into a single monthly file with the naming convention {gfsYYMM (YY=year, MM=month)}. This archive is updated on a monthly basis.

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Title NCEP(GFS - FNL) - National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System (Final) global gridded anlaysis archive - 2000 to Present
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/83a56420-a7dc-4016-a9ed-6e55d90524fc
Contact Point
CSIRO Marlin Data Catalogue
Jack.Katzfey@csiro.au
Reference Period 01/01/2000
Geospatial Coverage
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This dataset was originally found on CSIRO Marlin "NCEP(GFS - FNL) - National Centers for Environmental Prediction Global Forecast System (Final) global gridded anlaysis archive - 2000 to Present". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://marlin.csiro.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/ncepgfs-fnl-national-centers-for-environmental-prediction-global-forecast-system-final-global-g1