Ensemble Forecast System Configuration (homepage)

Model forecast configurations are very similar to GFDL's C-SHiELD:
  • FV3-based forecasts initialized daily at 0000 UTC
  • 10 ensemble members
  • 3-km horizontal grid spacing over the CONUS; 13-km grid spacing over the rest of the globe:

    sorry, missing image
  • 204-hour forecasts
  • Initial conditions provided by downscaling members 1-10 from NCEP's GEFS initial conditions
  • Physics:
    • GFDL v2 microphysics
    • TKE-EDMF planetary boundary layer scheme
    • NOAH-MP land surface model over CONUS; NOAH over the rest of the globe
    • RRTMG radiation scheme
    • Scale-aware Simplified Arakawa-Schubert (shallow and deep) cumulus scheme; deep convection on
      global domain only
Forecast availability
The 204-hour forecasts should complete by 1500 UTC, but graphics may be slower to post. Graphics will be posted to this site as they are available; by 1500 UTC, graphics through at least ~120 hours should be available. Status of the model integration and graphics generation can be found here. Some graphics will likely be missing due to random failures among the enormity of graphics "jobs" we are submitting.

NSF NCAR staff
Craig Schwartz, Ryan Sobash

GFDL staff
Lucas Harris, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Matt Morin, Linjiong Zhou

External Support
NOAA HWT award NA22OAR4590533. These environmental data and related items of information have not been formally disseminated by NOAA and do not represent and should not be construed to represent any agency determination, view, or policy.

Computing
Forecasts are run on NSF NCAR's Derecho supercomputer. Graphics are made on NSF NCAR's Casper cluster. Both systems are maintained by NSF NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL). Thanks to CISL for help facilitating the computing.

Contact
ensemble AT ucar DOT edu