Daily 48-hour forecasts of dust and weather parameters are produced by the Tel-Aviv University Research Center for Numerical Weather Prediction. Forecasts are generated from 12:00 UTC analyses at 3-hour intervals. The model covers a region from 65°W to 65°E and 10°S to 50°N with 0.5-degree horizontal resolution and 32 vertical levels.
Use Cases
- Analyze dust loading and concentration forecasts to model particulate matter transport and air quality impacts.
- Study temperature, wind, and humidity forecasts on isobaric surfaces for regional meteorological research.
- Validate the ETA dust model's 48-hour forecast accuracy against ground-based observations.
- Investigate the spatial distribution of forecast parameters across the model's 0.5-degree resolution grid.
Strengths
- Forecasts have 0.5-degree horizontal resolution and 32 vertical levels for detailed atmospheric profiling.
- Model domain covers a large region (65°W to 65°E, 10°S to 50°N) relevant for Middle Eastern and Mediterranean studies.
- Provides consecutive 3-hour interval forecasts up to 48 hours ahead for temporal analysis.
Limitations
- Specific row count, column count, and historical archive size are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to a specific regional domain, not global.
- Data freshness and update frequency for the archived dataset are unspecified.
Provenance
- Source
- Research Center for Numerical Weather Prediction at Tel-Aviv University.
- Collection Method
- Forecasts generated by the Eta-type weather and dust model, initialized using NCEP objective analysis and prediction data.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
- Forecasts are made once daily from 12:00 UTC analyses.
- Geography
- 65° West to 65° East and 10° South to 50° North.