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U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)'s Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS)

Entry ID: NOGAPS

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Summary

Abstract: The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) data contains atmospheric and oceanographic parameters based on the 12-hour forecasts by the Hemispheric Primitive Equation Model and the Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System (NOGAPS). The Primitive Equation Model was used prior to August 1982.

The operational NOGAPS (4.0) model executes several times each 00 UTC and ...

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Description: Four times daily global forcing fields from the US Navy NOGAPS model.

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Description: Access to real-time NOGAPS weather maps and model specifications.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Location Keywords

OCEAN > ARCTIC OCEAN

OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Longitude Resolution: 1 Degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 100 km - < 250 km or approximately 1 degree - < 2.5 degrees

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT