Current Status:
People in place (2 GSFC – 1 NCEP)
Land vegetation (UMD 1km) derived for 1/8, ¼, ½, and 1
degree, with subgrid heterogenity.
IGBP 1km soils in use
GTOPO30 Topography in use via forcing elevation
correction
Code will run at ¼ degree resolution – 1/8 has memory
hardware limits.
Forcing:
Realtime NCEP 1degree GDAS data
Realtime DAO 1x1 degree data in hand
Potential availability of realtime ECMWF 4DVAR
(Betts)
Huffman 1/4 degree 3hr realtime preipitation
(IR/Microwave)
GPCP 1degree daily (1 month delay).
Realtime access to GTS surface fields.
Raw geostationary data from 4-6 satellites (to derive
Ts, SW, and precipitation)
Air Force 48km AGRMET data with 30 day lag.
Paul
R. Houser, NASA/GSFC
Hydrological Sciences
Paul.Houser@gsfc.nasa.gov