The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) Operational Atmospheric Model Data Archive provides high-resolution atmospheric model data. Thirteen separate data sets include analysis, first-guess, and forecast data available on surface, pressure, model, isentropic, and potential vorticity levels. The archive is sourced from ECMWF's operational assimilation and forecast system.
Use Cases
Conducting high-resolution meteorological case studies based on the archive's detailed time and space resolution.
Providing initial conditions for specialized forecast models based on the analysis and first-guess data.
Analyzing atmospheric parameters across different vertical levels (surface, pressure, model) based on the multi-level data availability.
Studying atmospheric dynamics on isentropic or potential vorticity surfaces based on the specialized level data sets.
Strengths
Contains thirteen separately supported data sets covering analysis, first-guess, and forecast types.
Data is available on five distinct vertical representations: surface, pressure, model, isentropic, and potential vorticity levels.
Archives have a higher time and space resolution than standard ECMWF data sets.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count and total data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
Source
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF)
Collection Method
Operational atmospheric model output archived from ECMWF's data assimilation and forecast system.
The description advises these data sets should only be used where high resolution is essential.