Recent SREF Improvements

• August 2004

  • 48 km to 32 km horizontal resolution
  • Increased to 60 levels in Eta model members
  • Enhance SREF Physics Diversity
  • Scaled Breeding System

• August 2005

  • Upgrade 10 Eta members to Initialize land states from 1 km NDAS fields
  • All member SSTs initialized with new NESDIS real-time analyses
  • Enlarged 5 Regional Spectral Model (RSM) Member domain (to cover Alaska) and improved optimization
  • Lateral boundary conditions from MREF 3 hour forecasts (previously 9 hour)