Description
The North American Mesoscale Forecast System (NAM) is one of the major regional weather forecast models run by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) for producing weather forecasts. Dozens of weather parameters are available from the NAM grids, from temperature and precipitation to lightning and turbulent kinetic energy. The NAM generates multiple grids (or domains) of weather forecasts over the North American continent at various horizontal resolutions. High-resolution forecasts are generated within the NAM using additional numerical weather models. These high-resolution forecast windows are generated over fixed regions and are occasionally run to follow significant weather events, like hurricanes. This dataset contains a 12 km horizontal resolution Lambert Conformal grid covering the Continental United States (CONUS) domain. It is run four times daily at 00z, 06z, 12z and 18z out to 84 hours with a 1 hour temporal resolution.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| NCEI NAM Web Site | Unknown | Web site providing description and access links for the NAM. | Open resource |
| NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) | Unknown | NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. | Open resource |
| NCEI direct download | Unknown | Direct download links for dataset files. | Open resource |
| NCEI Dataset Landing Page | Unknown | Landing page for the dataset. | Open resource |
| NCEI THREDDS Catalog | HTML | THREDDS Data Service for the dataset. | Open resource |
| EMC NAM Web Site | Unknown | Web site providing overview and technical documentation for the NAM. | Open resource |
| EMC NAM Web Site | Unknown | Web site providing overview and technical documentation for the NAM. | Open resource |
Tags
- 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
- air quality
- air temperature
- albedo
- altitude
- atmosphere
- atmospheric pressure
- atmospheric pressure measurements
- atmospheric radiation
- atmospheric stability
- atmospheric temperature
- atmospheric water vapor
- atmospheric winds
- biosphere
- boundary layer
- boundary layer temperature
- boundary layer winds
- continent
- convection
- dew point temperature
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
- doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
- earth science
- evaporation
- evapotranspiration
- freezing rain
- geopotential height
- humidity
- ice pellets
- incoming solar radiation
- land cover
- land surface
- land surface temperature
- land use/land cover
- land use/land cover classification
- liquid precipitation
- longwave radiation
- national centers for environmental information
- national climatic data center
- nesdis
- noaa
- nomads
- north america
- oceans
- ocean temperature
- outgoing longwave radiation
- planetary boundary layer height
- precipitation
- precipitation amount
- pressure thickness
- rain
- sea ice
- sea ice concentration
- sea level pressure
- sea surface
- sea surface temperature
- shortwave radiation
- skin temperature
- sleet
- snow
- snow cover
- snow depth
- snow/ice
- soil moisture/water content
- soil porosity
- soils
- soil temperature
- solar radiation
- solid precipitation
- stratosphere
- surface pressure
- surface radiative properties
- surface temperature
- surface thermal properties
- surface winds
- terrestrial hydrosphere
- the noaa operational model archive and distribution system
- total precipitable water
- tropopause
- troposphere
- upper air temperature
- upper level winds
- u.s. department of commerce
- vegetation
- vegetation cover
- vegetation index
- vertical location
- vertical wind velocity/speed
- visibility
- vorticity
- water vapor
- water vapor indicators
- water vapor processes
- water vapor profiles
- wind dynamics
- wind profiles