Publicly Available Data Sets
Publicly Available Data SetsPublicly Available Data Sets
There are a number of publicly available data sets that can be used for initial and boundary conditions, data assimilation, and verification:
A list of the NOAA Big Data Program Datasets can be found here: https://www.noaa.gov/organization/information-technology/list-of-big-data-program-datasets
Model forecast data sets:
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NOMADS: https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/{model}/prod, where model may be:
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GFS (grib2 or nemsio) - available for the last 10 days https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod/
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NAM - available for the last 8 days https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/nam/prod/
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RAP - available for the last 2 days https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/rap/prod/
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HRRR - available for the last 2 days https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/hrrr/prod/
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NCEI archive
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AWS S3:
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HRRR: https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-hrrr-pds/ (necessary fields for initializing available for dates 2015 and newer)
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Google Cloud:
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Others:
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Univ. of Utah HRRR archive: http://home.chpc.utah.edu/~u0553130/Brian_Blaylock/cgi-bin/hrrr_download.cgi
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NAM nest archive: https://www.ready.noaa.gov/archives.php
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NAM data older than 6 months can be requested through the Archive Information Request System: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=NAM218&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE
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RAP isobaric data older than 6 months can be requested through the Archive Information Request System: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/has/HAS.FileAppRouter?datasetname=RAP130&subqueryby=STATION&applname=&outdest=FILE
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Gridded precipitation data sets:
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NCEP National StageIV Precipitation Analysis data
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NCEP NOMADS Site: https://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/pcpanl/prod/
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Past 14 days
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NCEP FTP Site: ftp://ftp.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/sref/st2n4.arch
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NCAR EOL Site: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/21.093
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Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) System Analysis data: https://mrms.ncep.noaa.gov/data/
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Two day archive of precipitation, radar, and aviation and severe weather fields
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Climatology-Calibrated Precipitation Analysis: https://ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/data/nccf/com/ccpa/prod/
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8 days of most recent data
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Prepbufr point observations:
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AWS S3:
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NCEP NOMADS Site:
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PrepBufr for GDAS (Global): http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod
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10 days of most recent data
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Data: gdas.YYYYMMDD/HH/gdas.tHHz.prepbufr.nr
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PrepBufr for RAP (CONUS): http://nomads.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/rap/prod
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1-2 days of most recent data
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Data: rap.YYYYMMDD/rap.tHHz.prepbufr.tm00.nr
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NCEP FTP Site:
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PrepBufr for GDAS (Global): ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/gfs/prod
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10 days of most recent data
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PrepBufr for NDAS (North America): ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/rap/prod
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1-2 days of most recent data
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NCAR CISL Site:
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DS337.0: NCEP PrepBufr ADP Global Upper Air and Surface Observations - archive starting May 1997
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DS337.0 Subset: Interactive tool for running PB2NC over a specified time period and geographic region
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