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Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) [13 km]

Metadata Updated: September 19, 2023

The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) weather forecast model was developed by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). On May 1, 2012, the RUC was replaced by NCEP's Rapid Refresh (RAP) weather forecast model. The RUC was designed to produce quick, short-term, weather forecasts using the most currently available observations. When it was first implemented in 1994, the model was run every three hours making forecasts out to 12 hours. By 2002, the RUC was run every hour, on the hour, producing 12-hour forecasts with a 1 hour temporal resolution. This dataset contains a 13 km horizontal resolution Lambert Conformal grid covering the Continental United States (CONUS) domain.

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Dates

Metadata Date July 11, 2023
Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
Reference Date(s) April 1, 2007 (publication)
Frequency Of Update notPlanned

Metadata Source

Harvested from ncdc

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date July 11, 2023
Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
Reference Date(s) April 1, 2007 (publication)
Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact); DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00665
Access Constraints
Bbox East Long -57.3
Bbox North Lat 59.0
Bbox South Lat 16.2
Bbox West Long -139.9
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update notPlanned
Harvest Object Id 772fd064-4c49-430f-b33d-f688db0c62ac
Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
Harvest Source Title ncdc
Licence
Lineage
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-139.9, 16.2], [-57.3, 16.2], [-57.3, 59.0], [-139.9, 59.0], [-139.9, 16.2]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 2007-04-01
Temporal Extent End 2012-05-01

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