Historical List of JNWPU / NMC / NCEP Numerical Weather Prediction and Ocean Models (1955-present)

                                                                                                          Last changed 01/25/06

 

Year

Type

Model

  Horizontal

  Resolution

Layers

Domain

Forecast length

Documentation

Computer

Bye

#/dy

1955

R

Baroclinic

300 km

3

US

36 hrs

NAVAER

IBM701

10/57

1

1955

R

Barotropic

600 km

1

N America+

72

10/57

1

1956

R

Thermotropic

375 km

2

N America

36

10/57

1

1957 

H

Barotropic

381 km

1

NH Octagon

1977pts

72

JNWPUB  #22

IBM704

6/93

2

1958

?

Baroclinic

?

2

36

JNWPUB #26

1/62

1

1960

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IBM 7090

 

 

1962

H

Cressman filtered-equation

381 km

3

36

JNWPUB #34+NMC-TM22

(TPB105)

 

 

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anl til Hough (1974)

2

1962

 

BarotropicEx

381 km

1

36-96

 

6/66

 

1962

H

Reed – Surface

381 km

2

36

NMC

-TM26

6/66

 

1963

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IBM 7094

 

 

1966

H

Primitive Equation (PE)

381 km

 

6

NH (53,57) points

36

Shuman,

Hovermale JAM,1968

CDC6600

8/80

(1/78)

2

1968

O+H

TDL’s Wave Model

381 km

 

 

36

 

‘86

 

1970

H

PE, Barotropic extension

381 km

1

NH

84-144

 

8/80

(1/78)

1

1971

R

Limited-area Fine Mesh (LFM)

190.5 km

6

N America

24

TPB #67

2/96

(’75)

2

1972

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IBM

360-195

 

 

1974

G

PE

2.5 deg

8

Global

12 hr Final Analysis

TPB #115

‘76

 

1975

R

LFM

190.5 km

6

N America

36

TPB #129

2/96

(’76)

2

1976

R

LFM

6

48

TPB #162

2/96

(3/79)

2

1976

G

PE

2.5 deg

9

Global

12 hr Final Analysis

TPB #258

8/80

 

1977

G

PE

3.75 deg

3

Global to 48 hr

NH to252

252

TPB #215,#257

4/81

1

1978

H

PE

190.5 km

7

NH (129,129) points

84

TPB #218

8/80

2

1978

 

Barotropic extension

?

1

NH

84-240

NMC Office Note 316

1/80

1

1978

Hu

Moveable Fine Mesh

60 km

10

Window (50,50) points

48

TPB #259

‘88

 

1979

R

LFM-II

127 km

7

N America

48

TPB #255

2/96

(’81)

2

1980

H

PE extension using 4th order finite differencing

381 km

7

NH

60-144

TPB #272,#273

Office Note 316

8/80

1

1980

 

Barotropic extension

?

1

NH

144-252

Office Note 316

8/80

1

1980

G

Spectral

R30

12

Global

48

TPB #282

Still*

(’83)

2

1980

H

Spectral extension

R24

12

NH

48-144

Office Note 316

4/81

1

1981

R

LFM-II 4th order

190.5 km

7

N America

48

TPB #300

2/96

2

1983

G

Spectral

R40

12

Global

240, 00Z

 

Cyber 205

Still*

(’85)

2

1985

G

Spectral

R40

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