Question

Cycie TImestep Links GDAS Snow, Ice, SST Satellite, Ship, Aircraft (GRIB and BUFR) 1° by 1°, 0.5 by 0.5°, 0.25 by 0.25 01Jan2001-Present (approx. one year to present online) 4/day: 00, 06, Anl, +00, +03, +06, +09 hours FTP HTTPS 12, 18UTC

what is the horizontal resolution
what is the vertical resolution
how often is the model run

Answer 1

The resolution is depicted in two dimensions, i.e horizontal X vertical or along x-axis X y-axis. Therefore in the above question, the horizontal resolution is 1 degree, 0.5 degree, 0.25 degrees

The vertical resolution is 1 degree, 0.5 degree and 0.25 degree.

The model is run 4 times in a day every six hourly starting from 00 hrs. 06 hrs, 12 hrs and 18 hrs.