Appendix a

Rerun of recent years to present is planned and will be made available

MOLTS provided in ASCII; developing a tool for ASCII -> NetCDF

Discussed a recent validation of ERA 40 against basin hydrometeorological observations

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GMAO: By Dr Michael Bosilovich

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GMAO Data Availability/Contribution to CEOP
GEOS3 (July 2001 – Oct 2002)

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  MOLTS and Gridded (HDF and Grib)
  
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  Only the analysis and forecasts for 6 hours
  

GEOS4 (Oct 2002 – present)

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  Some data needs reprocessed (MOLTS)
  

Aggressive development for GEOS5

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  CEOP period will be a focal point for this development