CFS gridMET
Dataset:
- CFS gridMET
Description: Surface meteorological forecast dataset of 48-ensemble members of CFS forecasts bias corrected to gridMET statistics.
Organization: University of California Merced (UCM)
Documentation: Google Doc Documentation of CFS gridmet methods
Website: UCM Applied Climate Lab Website
Data: CFS gridMET Catalog on THREDDS Server
Google Earth Engine Catalog:
- CFS GRIDMET is not publicly available on Google Earth Engine yet. Climate Engine accesses this data as a private GEE asset.
Spatial resolution: 4-km grid (1/24-deg)
Time Span: Next 1-28 days (updated every day)
Variables:
- Minimum/Maximum Temperature
- Precipitation
- Specific Humidity
- Downward Solar Radiation
- Near Surface Wind Velocity
- ASCE Grass Reference Evapotranspiration
- Energy Release Component(model-G)
- Burning Index (model-G)
- 100-hr & 1000-hr Fuel Moisture (model-G)
- Vapor Pressure Deficit
- Evaporative Demand Drought Index
Terms of Use:
- CC BY 4.0
References:
- Abatzoglou J. T. "Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological applications and modelling". International Journal of Climatology. (2011) doi: 10.1002/joc.3413.(Abstract)
- Saha, Suranjana and Coauthors, 2010: The NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 1015.1057. doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS3001.1