Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) [13 km]

Description

The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) weather forecast model was developed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). On May 1, 2012, the RUC was replaced by NCEP's Rapid Refresh (RAP) weather forecast model. The RUC was designed to produce quick, short-term, weather forecasts using the most currently available observations. When it was first implemented in 1994, the model was run every three hours making forecasts out to 12 hours. By 2002, the RUC was run every hour, on the hour, producing 12-hour forecasts with a 1 hour temporal resolution. This dataset contains a 13 km horizontal resolution Lambert Conformal grid covering the Continental United States (CONUS) domain.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00665/html
0 Description of the data and related resources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/weather-climate-models/rapid-refresh-update
21 Direct download for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/prod-model/index.html#rapid-refresh/access/historical/
21 THREDDS Data Server (TDS) for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/thredds/catalog/model-ruc130anl/catalog.html
0 Web site providing overview and technical documentation for the RUC. http://ruc.noaa.gov/
0 Web site providing overview and technical documentation for the RUC. http://ruc.noaa.gov/
0 Web site providing description and access links for the RUC. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/model-data/model-datasets/rapid-update-cycle-ruc
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 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. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

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  • humidity
  • ice pellets
  • vertical location
  • terrestrial hydrosphere
  • dew point temperature
  • nomads
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • tropopause
  • water vapor profiles
  • sea surface
  • land surface
  • altitude
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • sea surface temperature
  • land surface temperature
  • wind dynamics
  • oceans
  • surface winds
  • water vapor
  • snow
  • 10 km - < 50 km or approximately .09 degree - < .5 degree
  • the noaa operational model archive and distribution system
  • sea level pressure
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • air quality
  • noaa
  • air temperature
  • total precipitable water
  • ocean temperature
  • troposphere
  • snow depth
  • north america
  • planetary boundary layer height
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • visibility
  • earth science
  • rain
  • surface pressure
  • potential temperature
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • convection
  • atmospheric pressure measurements
  • skin temperature
  • boundary layer winds
  • snow/ice
  • atmospheric stability
  • wind profiles
  • vertical wind velocity/speed
  • solid precipitation
  • upper level winds
  • pressure thickness
  • liquid precipitation
  • atmospheric pressure
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • sleet
  • boundary layer
  • atmospheric winds
  • vorticity
  • geopotential height
  • precipitation rate
  • surface temperature
  • upper air temperature
  • freezing rain
  • water vapor indicators
  • national centers for environmental information
  • surface thermal properties
  • stratosphere

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