Please note the CDS will deliver all available ensemble members, the number of which in most cases differs between hindcast and forecast start dates for a given forecast system.
Current operational systems
| Forecast system | Hindcast period | Real-time forecasts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional | Operational | |||
| ECMWF | SEAS5 (C3Sv5.1) | 1981-2016 | 2017-2022 | Nov. 2022 - present |
| Météo-France | System8 | 1993-2018 | Jul. 2021 - present | |
| UK MetOffice | GloSea6 (system=602) | 1993-2016(1)(2) | Mar. 2023 - present | |
| CMCC | SPS3.5 | 1993-2016 | Oct. 2020 - present | |
| DWD | GCFS2.1 | 1993-2019 | Nov. 2020 - present | |
| NCEP | CFSv2 | 1993-2016(3)(4) | Oct. 2019 - present | |
| JMA | CPS3 | 1993-2020(5) | Feb. 2022 - present | |
| ECCC | CanCM4i | 1993-2020 (6)(7) | May 2021 - present | |
| GEM5-NEMO | 1993-2020(8) | Dec. 2021 - present | ||
(1) UK MetOffice hindcast run on-the-fly so they are only produced a few weeks ahead of the time they are needed.
(2) January 1993 is not available
(3) 1981-1992 not available in the CDS
(4) 2011-2016 hindcast data comes from real-time forecast start dates
(5) 1991-1992 not available in the CDS
(6) 1980-1992 not available in the CDS
(7) 2011-2020 hindcast data comes from real-time forecast start dates
(8) 1990-1992 not available in the CDS
Previous systems
For some of the forecast systems shown in this table, which were part of the service for less than 1 year, only a subset of all possible months is to be found in the CDS.
| Forecast system | Hindcast period | Real-time forecasts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional | Operational | |||
| ECMWF | System4 | 1993-2015(1)(2) | Sep. 2017 - Oct. 2017 | |
| SEAS5 | 1981-2016 | Jan. 2017 - Oct. 2017 | Nov. 2017 - Oct. 2022 | |
| Météo-France | System5 | 1993-2014 (3) | Sep. 2017 - Oct. 2018 | |
| System6 | 1993-2016 | Jan. 2017 - Oct. 2018 | Nov. 2018 - Sep. 2019 | |
| System7 | 1993-2016 | Oct. 2019 - Jun. 2021 | ||
| UK MetOffice | GloSea5-GC2 (system=12) | 1993-2015(4) | Sep. 2017 - Apr. 2018 | |
| GloSea5-GC2 (system=13) | 1993-2016(4) | May 2018 - Apr. 2019 | ||
| GloSea5-GC2-LI (system=14) | 1993-2016(4) | May 2019 - Apr. 2020 | ||
| GloSea5-GC2-LI (system=15) | 1993-2016(4) | May 2020 - Feb. 2021 | ||
GloSea6 | 1993-2016(4) | Mar. 2021 - Feb. 2022 | ||
| GloSea6 (system=601) | 1993-2016(4) | Mar. 2022 - Feb. 2023 | ||
| CMCC | SPS3 | 1993-2016 | Nov. 2018 - Sep. 2020 | |
| DWD | GCFS2.0 | 1993-2017 | Jan. 2018 - Oct. 2018 | Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2020 |
| JMA | CPS2 | 1981-2016 | Oct. 2020- Jan. 2022 | |
| ECCC | GEM-NEMO | 1993-2020 (5)(6) | May 2021 - Nov. 2021 | |
(1) 1981-1992 not available in the CDS
(2) 2011-2015 hindcast data comes from real-time forecast start dates
(3) 1991-1992 not available in the CDS
(4) January 1993 is not available
(5) 1980-1992 not available in the CDS
(6) 2011-2020 hindcast data comes from real-time forecast start dates
