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AN: H22I-04    [PDF]
TI: ECPC Contributions to CEOP
AU: * Roads, J
EM: jroads@ucsd.edu
AF: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0224, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 United States
AU: Kanamitsu, M
EM: mkanamitsu@ucsd.edu
AF: University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0224, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 United States
AB: The Experimental Climate Prediction Center (ECPC) is currently using the NCEP/DOE Reanalysis II (RII) model and the ECPC version of the NCEP seasonal forecast model (SFM) to provide global model output for the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP). The resolutions of these two global models are T62L28 and both global models are initialized from the RII. The output from the RII model and SFM include analysis files (F00), and forecast files every 3hours (F03 and F06) from short-range 6-hour forecasts initialized every 6 hours (00, 06, 12, 18 UTC). Every 24 hours (12 UTC), the 6 hour forecast is extended to 36 hours and again model output is available every 3 hours of the 36 hour forecast. The output from Jul. 1, 2001-Dec. 31, 2004 at several international reference sites as well as in gridded form will be sent to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPIM), who will soon make it and similar model output from 9 other international centers available to the entire global research community. Preliminary comparisons of ECPC model output to in situ measurements at several tower sites have already shown several potential ECPC model deficiencies including: excessive evaporation and diurnal biases in the precipitation. These comparisons will be described at the meeting.
UR: http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/gcip/
DE: 1833 Hydroclimatology
DE: 1836 Hydrologic budget (1655)
DE: 3309 Climatology (1620)
SC: Hydrology [H]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting