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NDFD Information Links
NWS Instruction for NDFD
- NDFD Directive (PDF) - NWS Directive providing the framework for NDFD
NDFD Products and Status
- NDFD Spreadsheet (download) - Spreadsheet of NDFD element metadata
- NDFD Status (PDF) - status of NDFD elements
- NDFD Archive- Historical NDFD data available from National Climatic Data Center
- NDFD Customer Support - NWS customer support for NDFD data
- NDFD Notices - NWS notifications of changes to the NDFD
- NDFD Downloads - Number of daily downloads by users
GRIB Data Format and Spatial Reference Support
- NDFD GRIB Decoder - GRIB2 decoder software
- NDFD GRIB Encoding - Information about the GRIB data format
- NDFD Spatial Reference System - Spatial reference information for NDFD grids
- NDFD GIS Tutorial - Tutorial on how to use GRIB data in GIS software (prepared by NOAA Coastal Services Center)
Verification
- NDFD Verification - Monthly Verification Scores for public use
