Gridded Datasets

Skywise Surface Analysis

We run our high resolution SkyWise surface analysis hourly for each of the regions below, as well as a Global region.



Regions

Region Resolution Archive Start
Global 7km Dec 1, 2016
CONUS 1km Jan 1, 2012
Canada 1km Dec 1, 2016
Europe 1km Dec 1, 2016
Australia 1km Dec 1, 2016
Western Russia 4km Dec 1, 2016
Middle East 4km Dec 1, 2016
South America 4km Sep 15, 2016
Central America 4km Dec 1, 2016
India 4km Dec 1, 2016


Hourly files contain the following variables:

Output Name Standard Name Units
temperature temperature K
dewpoint dew_point_temperature K
total_cloud_cover cloud_area_fraction %
u10 eastward_wind m/s
v10 northward_wind m/s
mslp air_pressure_at_sea_level Pa
accumulated_precipitation_estimate_1hr precipitation_amount mm
et_rate_short et_rate_short mm hr-1
et_rate_tall et_rate_tall mm hr-1


SkyWise Forecast

The SkyWise Forecast is a global forecast produced twice daily, containing hourly forecasts out to 10 days. The following variables are available:

Output Name Standard Name Units
temperature temperature K
dewpoint dew_point_temperature K
u10 eastward_wind m/s
v10 northward_wind m/s
total_cloud_cover cloud_area_fraction %
surface_pressure air_pressure Pa
mslp air_pressure_at_sea_level Pa
visibility visibility_in_air m
accumulated_precipitation_estimate_1hr precipitation_amount mm
accumulated_liquid_equivalent_snowfall_estimate_1hr lwe_thickness_of_snowfall_amount mm
solar_radiation surface_downward_shortwave_flux W m-2
strd surface_downward_longwave_flux W m-2
ssr surface_net_shortwave_flux W m-2
str surface_net_longwave_flux W m-2
et_rate_short et_rate_short mm hr-1
et_rate_tall et_rate_tall mm hr-1


WeatherOps Forecast Variables

All of the WeatherOps variables listed under Parameters are available as gridded data.



Global Archive Data

WDT has a 30 year global archive of daily data with the following variables at a 7km resolution:

Name Description
maximum_temperature maximum 2 m temperature
minimum_temperature minimum 2 m temperature
maximum_relative_humidity maximum 2 m relative humidity
minimum_relative_humidity minimum 2 m relative humidity
accumulated_precip daily precipitation accumulation
maximum_10m_windspeed maximum 10 m wind speed (sustained)
average_10m_windspeed average 10 m wind speed
accumulated_srad total incoming solar radiation