The WFDEI Meteorological Forcing Data

The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set has been generated using the same methodology as the widely used WATCH Forcing Data (WFD) by making use of the ERA-Interim reanalysis data. The ERA-Interim reanalysis data have led to improvements in precipitation and wind speed data while the changes in the aerosol corrections have improved the downward shortwave fluxes. The WFDEI will allow more detailed comparisons of hydrological and Earth System model outputs with relevant satellite products than using the WFD.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  2016-12-31T22:30:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2016-12-31T22:30:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -180
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 0.5 degree
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF4 (Binary)
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 808164 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Chi-Fan Shih
Resource Support Email chifan@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Weedon, Graham P.
Balsamo, G.
Bellouin, N.
Gomes, S.
Best, M. J.
Viterbo, P.
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 2018-02-17
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/486N-8109
Alternate Identifier d314002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:10:57Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d314002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Weedon, Graham P., Balsamo, G., Bellouin, N., Gomes, S., Best, M. J., Viterbo, P.. (2018). The WFDEI Meteorological Forcing Data. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/486N-8109. Accessed 08 November 2024.

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