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What will change after moving from CF to FC
- Filenames will LEGACY template file-naming will change according to File naming convention and format for real-time data e.g. {feed name}E* filename would change to {feed name}D*.
- Dissemination schedule will change following Dissemination schedule i.e. the files will be delivered earlier, following HRES dissemination schedule."MARS" keywords in GRIB files. If your data-processing tools are using "stream" and "type" keywords encoded in GRIB files, these will need to be adjusted to reflect new values of stream and type.
- GRIB metadata will change as per table below
Keyword Value stream:type oper:fc enfo:cf GRIB edition 1 2 1 2 perturbationNumber 0 N/A 0 0 numberOfForecastsInEnsemble 0 N/A 51 51 typeOfProcessedData N/A 1 N/A 3 marsType
fc fc cf cf marsStream
oper oper enfo enfo typeOfGeneratingProcess
N/A 2 N/A 4 typeOfEnsembleForecast
N/A N/A N/A 255 oceanAtmosphereCoupling
N/A N/A 2 2
Impact on MARS
MARS will not contain datasets with enfo:cf and waef:cf nor scda and scwv streams with date >= {50R1 implementation date}. The 50R1 implementation date is to be confirmed.
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