Release Note: NAEFS.v6.0.0 v4.0.0 released Jan 28. 2014 v4.0.1 released May 20. 2014 v4.0.2 released May 20. 2014 v4.0.3 released May/Jun 2015 v5.0.0 released Mar 29 2016 NAEFS upgrade - Upgrade bias corrected GEFS/NAEFS (0.5d) products (every 3hr for 0-8 days) - Upgrade anomaly products. For surface elements, both anomaly forecast and EFI - Upgrade downscaled GEFS/NAEFS products(CONUS and Alaska, every 3hr for 0-8 days) - Upgrade bias correction methodology (hybrid of decaying average and reforecast) - Add wind speed at 10m above ground in the GEFS/NAEFS bias-corrected forecast - Upgrade GEFS bias-corrected QPF and PQPF from daily 2.5d to 6-hourly 0.5d - Add downscaled PQF/PQPF forecasts for CONUS domain using climatology downscaling methodology DESCRIPTION OF CHANGE: The modified J-jobs and scripts/ush include: CMC Jobs 1. jobs/JNAEFS_CMC_ENS_PREP 1) scripts/exnaefs_cmcens_prep.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 2. jobs/JNAEFS_CMC_ENS_POST 1) scripts/exnaefs_cmcens_post.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 3. jobs/JNAEFS_CMC_ENS_BIAS 1) scripts/exnaefs_cmc_ens_bias.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 4. jobs/JNAEFS_CMC_ENSBC_PREP 1) scripts/exnaefs_cmc_ensbc_prep.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 2) ush/cmce_bc_avgspr.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 3) ush/cmce_climate_anomaly.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 4) ush/cmce_weights.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 5. jobs/JNAEFS_CMC_ENS_POST_EXTEND - new for CMC extended forecast NCEP/GEFS Jobs 1. jobs/JGEFS_BIAS 1) scripts/exgefs_bias.sh.ecf - modified to include reforecast bias correction technique - modified to include more forecast lead times - modified for 0.5d ensemble data and 3 hourly from 0-8day 2) ush/gefs_bias_decay.sh - modified to calculate decaying average bias 3) ush/gefs_bias_decay_avggen.sh - new, added to calculate decaying average bias for 3hrly 4) ush/gefs_bias_coeff.sh - new, added to calculate combination coefficient between decaying and reforecast bias 5) ush/gefs_bias_coeff_avggen.sh - new, added to calculate combination coefficient for 3hrly 6) ush/gefs_bias_reforecast.sh - new, added to calculate reforecast bias 7) ush/gefs_bias_combine.sh - new, added to combine decaying and reforecast bias 8) sorc/gefs_bias.fd ( no change ) 9) sorc/gefs_bias_gen.fd - new, added to calculate decaying average bias for 3hrly 10) sorc/gefs_coeff_r.fd - new, added to calculate combination coefficient between decaying and reforecast bias 11) sorc/gefs_bias_combine.fd - new, added to combine decaying and reforecast bias 2. jobs/JGEFS_DEBIAS 1) scripts/exgefs_debias.sh.ecf - modified to include combined bias - modified to include more forecast lead times 2) sorc/gefs_debias.fd 3) ush/gefs_climate_anomaly.sh 4) sorc/gefs_climate_anomaly.fd 5) ush/gefs_weights.sh 6) fix/cmean_1d.1979MMDD & fix/cstdv_1d.1979MMDD - copy from /nwprod/naefs.v4.0.4/fix - data are interpolated from 1 degree to 0.5 degree - data are interpolated from 6 hour interval to 3 hour interval 3. jobs/JNAEFS_GEFS_24HR_CQPF 1) scripts/exnaefs_gefs_24hr_enscqpf.sh.ecf - new, generates the 24-hourly CQPF and CPQPF 2) sorc/gefs_enscqpf_24hr.fd - new, generates the 24-hourly CQPF and CPQPF 4. jobs/JNAEFS_GEFS_6HR_CQPF 1) scripts/exnaefs_gefs_6hr_enscqpf.sh.ecf - new, generates the 6-hourly CQPF and CPQPF 2) sorc/gefs_enscqpf_6hr.fd - new, generates the 6-hourly CQPF and CPQPF 3) sorc/gefs_enspvrfy.fd - new, output stats, forecast on analysis grid for archive 4) sorc/gefs_enssrbias.fd - new, calculate historical statistics by using 30-day decaying function 5. jobs/JNAEFS_GEFS_ANFEFI_ACPR 1) scripts/exnaefs_gefs_anfefi_acpr.sh.ecf - new, generate GEFS anomaly forecast/EFI for 24-hr accmulated precipitation 2) sorc/gefs_climate_anfefi_acpr.fd - new, generate GEFS anomaly forecast/EFI for 24-hr accmulated precipitation 6. jobs/JNAEFS_GEFS_PGRB_ENSPQPF 1) scripts/exnaefs_gefs_pgrb_enspqpf.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 7. jobs/JNAEFS_NDGD_CQPF 1) scripts/exnaefs_conus_ndgd_enscqpf.sh.ecf - new, Downscaling for Bias-corrected QPF 2) sorc/conus_ndgd_enscqpf.fd - new, Downscaling for Bias-corrected QPF NAEFS Jobs 1. jobs/JNAEFS_PROB_AVGSPR 1) scripts/exnaefs_prob_avgspr.sh.ecf - modified input for 0.5d ensemble data and 3 hourly from 0-8day - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day - add new ush for EFI generation 2) ush/naefs_bc_probability.sh - modified input for 0.5d ensemble data and 3 hourly from 0-8day 3) ush/naefs_climate_anv.sh - modified input for 0.5d ensemble data and 3 hourly from 0-8day 4) ush/naefs_climate_anomaly.sh - new, added to generate the anomaly forecast(percentage) for ensemble mean 5) ush/naefs_climate_efi.sh - new, added to generate EFI 6) sorc/naefs_climate_anomaly.fd - new, added to generate the anomaly forecast(percentage) for ensemble mean 7) sorc/gefs_climate_anomefi.fd - new, added to generate EFI 2. jobs/JNAEFS_DVRTMA_BIAS_ALASKA 1) scripts/exnaefs_dvrtma_bias_ak.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day 3. jobs/JNAEFS_DVRTMA_BIAS_CONUS 1) scripts/exnaefs_dvrtma_bias_conus.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day 4. jobs/JNAEFS_DVRTMA_PROB_AVGSPR_AK 1) scripts/exnaefs_dvrtma_prob_avgspr_ak.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 2) ush/dvrtma_debias_alaska.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 3) ush/dvrtma_debias_alaska_tmaxmin.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 4) ush/cmce_adjust_tmaxmin_alaska.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 5) ush/dvrtma_debias_alaska_wind10m.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 6) ush/cmce_adjust_wind10m_alaska.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 5. jobs/JNAEFS_DVRTMA_PROB_AVGSPR_CONUS 1) scripts/exnaefs_dvrtma_prob_avgspr_conus.sh.ecf - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input with 3 hourly from 0-8day - modified for 0.5d ensemble data output with 3 hourly from 0-8day 2) ush/dvrtma_debias_conus.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 3) ush/dvrtma_debias_conus_tmaxmin.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 4) ush/cmce_adjust_tmaxmin_conus.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 5) ush/dvrtma_debias_conus_wind10m.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input 6) ush/cmce_adjust_wind10m_conus.sh - modified for 0.5d ensemble data input BENEFIT OF CHANGE: NAEFS can be run across multiple phases USER IMPACT STATEMENT: No format is changed. Files names of GEFS/NAEFS for 0.5d are changed. TECHNICAL IMPACT STATEMENT: No impacts to data distributed via all distribution platforms are specified.