CONTENTS OF NDAS/NAM HPSS ARCHIVE FILES

YYYY=year ; MM=month ; DD= day ; HH=cycle

As of 1 April 2008

  1. /hpssprod/runhistory/rhYYYY/YYYYMM/YYYYMMDD (permanent archive)

    1. NDAS
      • com_nam_prod_ndas.YYYYMMDDHH.awip.tar : All non-native grid GRIB output and BUFR sounding output
      • com_nam_prod_ndas.YYYYMMDDHH.egrdsf.tar : Surface E-grid GRIB files
      • com_nam_prod_ndas.YYYYMMDDHH.bufr.tar : All observation files (including prepbufr files) and other files related to NDAS data dumps and prepbufr generation, except for.....
      • com_nam_prod_ndas.YYYYMMDDHH.nexrad.tar : Level 2 NEXRAD data files
      • com_nam_prod_ndas.YYYYMMDDHH.input.tar : All files related to precipitation assimilation (Stage II/IV, LSPA, precip budget files), namelist/boundary conditions input to each NDAS NMM forecast, satellite bias correction files (satbias and satang)
      • ndas.tHHz.wrfrst_d01.init : First guess WRF restart file for first (tm12) ops NDAS GSI analysis NAM forecast

    2. NAM
      1. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.awip.tar
        • awldas (grid #110, 1/8th deg lat/lon over CONUS)
        • awip3d (grid #212, 40 lm lambert conformal over CONUS)
        • awip20 (grid #215, 20 km lambert conformal over CONUS)
        • awip12 (grid #218, 12 km lambert conformal over CONUS, 2-d fields only)
        • awp242 (grid #242, 12 km polar stereographic over Alaska, 2-d fields only)
        • awipak (grid #216, 40 km polar stereographic over Alaska)
        • grbgrd00.tm00 (00-h grid #104, 90 km polar stereographic over North America, used to generate initial conditions for NGM)
      2. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.awip32.tar
        • awip32 (32 km lambert conformal over North America)
      3. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.bufr.tar
        • all "bufr" files (includes all observations in BUFR format, all PREPBUFR files, hourly BUFR sounding file from NAM forecast)
        • all cqc files
        • all "cyclone", "tcvitals", and "syndata" files
        • "sgesprep" file (GDAS first guess file used in PREPBUFR processing)
        • all "sdm" files
        • all output files from GSI, including "fits" output prints, and "satang" and "satbias" (the bias correction files)
      4. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.nexrad.tar
        • Level 2 NEXRAD data files
      5. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.egrid.tar
        • egrdsf (e-grid GRIB file, 2-d fields only)
      6. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.goesll.tar
        • NAM simulated GOES brightness temperatures on grid #218 ("goes218"), grid #221 ("goes221") and grid #243 ("goes243")
      7. nam.tHHz.wrfrst_anl.tm00 : Initial condition NAM WRF-NMM restart file for ops NAM forecast

  2. /hpssprod/runhistory/2year/rhYYYY/YYYYMM/YYYYMMDD (2-year archive)

    1. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.egdawp.tar
      • egdawp (ops NAM e-grid GRIB "master" file, all 2-d fields plus fields on pressure surfaces every 25 mb from 2-1000 mb, input file to NAM Product Generator code)
    2. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.egrd3d.tar
      • egrd3d (ops NAM "native-native" grid (e-grid and model vertical levels) saved from 00-48 h only
    3. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.grbgrd.tar
      • awiphi (grid #243, 0.4 deg lat/lon grid over North Pacific)
      • awp207 (grid #207, 95 km polar stereographic grids over Alaska)
      • awp211 (grid #211, 80 km lambert conformal grid over CONUS)
      • awp217 (grid #217, 22.5 km polar stereographic grid over Alaska)
      • awp237 (grid #237, 32 km lambert conformal grid over Puerto Rico)
      • grbgrd (grid #104, 90 km polar stereographic grid over North America)
    4. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.input.tar
      • nam.tHHz.wrfbdy_d01.tm00 : lateral boundary condition input file to NAM 84-h forecast
      • nam.tHHz.namelist.input.tm00 : Input WRF namelist for ops NAM 84-h forecast

  3. /hpssprod/runhistory/1year/rhYYYY/YYYYMM/YYYYMMDD (1-year archive)

    1. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.awphys.tar
      • awphys (grid #218, 12 km lambert conformal grid over CONUS, 2-d fields plus pressure level data from 50-1000 mb at 25 mb intervals)
    2. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.awak3d.tar
      • awak3d (grid #242, 12 km polar stereographic grid over Alaska, 2-d fields plus pressure level data from 50-1000 mb at 25 mb intervals)
    3. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.afwacs.tar
      • afwacs (0.1 deg lat/lon grid over CONUS for AFWA)
    4. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.afwaak.tar
      • afwaak (0.1 deg lat/lon grid over Alaska for AFWA)
    5. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.afwahi.tar
      • afwahi (0.1 deg lat/lon grid over Hawaii for AFWA)
    6. com_nam_prod_nam.YYYYMMDDHH.afwaca.tar
      • afwaca (0.1 deg lat/lon grid over Central America for AFWA)