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The NOAA National Water Model Retrospective dataset contains input and output from multi-decade CONUS retrospective simulations. These simulations used meteorological input fields from meteorological retrospective datasets. The output frequency and fields available in this historical NWM dataset differ from those contained in the real-time operational NWM forecast model. Additionally, note that no streamflow or other data assimilation is performed within any of the NWM retrospective simulations
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One application of this dataset is to provide historical context to current near real-time streamflow, soil moisture and snowpack conditions. The retrospective data can be used to infer flow frequencies and perform temporal analyses with hourly streamflow output and 3-hourly land surface output. This dataset can also be used in the development of end user applications which require a long baseline of data for system training or verification purposes. <br />
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Overview
The NOAA National Water Model Retrospective dataset contains input and output from multi-decade CONUS retrospective simulations. These simulations used meteorological input fields from meteorological retrospective datasets. The output frequency and fields available in this historical NWM dataset differ from those contained in the real-time operational NWM forecast model. Additionally, note that no streamflow or other data assimilation is performed within any of the NWM retrospective simulations
One application of this dataset is to provide historical context to current near real-time streamflow, soil moisture and snowpack conditions. The retrospective data can be used to infer flow frequencies and perform temporal analyses with hourly streamflow output and 3-hourly land surface output. This dataset can also be used in the development of end user applications which require a long baseline of data for system training or verification purposes.
Details for Each Version of the NWM Retrospective Output
CONUS Domain - CONUS retrospective output is provided by all four versions of the NWM
- Version 3.0 - A 44-year (February 1979 through January 2023) retrospective simulation using version 3.0 of the National Water Model.
- Version 2.1 - A 42-year (February 1979 through December 2020) retrospective simulation using version 2.1 of the National Water Model.
- Version 2.0 - A 26-year (January 1993 through December 2018) retrospective simulation using version 2.0 of the National Water Model.
- Version 1.2 - A 25-year (January 1993 through December 2017) retrospective simulation using version 1.2 of the National Water Model.
**oCOUNS Domains** - Only v3.0 of the NWM Retrospective data set provides coverage of the NWM Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico / US Virgin Island domains.
**CONUS Meteorological Forcing** 1) Versions 3.0 and 2.1: NWM Retrospective simulations used forcing from the Office of Water Prediction Analysis of Record for Calibration (AORC) dataset. NWM v2.1 used AORC v1.0 for 1979-2006 and AORC v1.1 for 2007-2020, while NWM v3.0 used AORC v1.1 for the full v3.0 (1979-2023 period) **Important Warning** - While the metadata tag in the NWM v3.0 forcing files label the files as “v2.1”, the files are in fact v3.0 forcing files. 2) Versions 2.0 and 1.2 - NWM Retrospective simulation uses forcing from the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) dataset
**oCONUS Meteorological Forcing** 1) Version 3.0 - AORC Alaska forcing was used to drive the NWM Alaska simulation, while North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) data along with precipitation from the Alaska Pacific River Forecast Center (APRFC) was used to drive the Hawaii retrospective simulation. Similarly, the Puerto Rico / US Virgin Island retrospective simulation was driven by NARR data along with precipitation from the Southeast River Forecast Center.
**Formats** - NWM Retrospective data is available in two formats, NetCDF and Zarr. The NetCDF files contain the full set of NWM output data, while the Zarr files contain a subset of NWM output fields that vary with model version.
1) NWM V3.0: All model output and forcing input fields are available in the NetCDF format. All model output fields along with the precipitation forcing field are available in the Zarr format. 2) NWM V2.1: All model output and forcing input fields are available in the NetCDF format. Many of the model output fields along with the precipitation forcing field are available in the Zarr format 3) NWM V2.0: All model output fields are available in NetCDF format. Model channel output including streamflow and related fields are available in Zarr format. 4) NWM V1.2: All model output fields are available in NetCDF format.
A table listing the data available within each NetCDF and Zarr file is located in the '[documentation page]()'. This data includes meteorological NWM forcing inputs along with NWM hydrologic and land surface outputs, and varies by version number.
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- Description
- The complete archive of NWM input forcing and model output data version 3.0 in NetCDF and Zarr format.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nwm-retrospective-3-0-pds
- AWS region
- us-east-1
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nwm-retrospective-3-0-pds/
- Description
- The complete archive of NWM input forcing and model output data version 2.1 in NetCDF format.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nwm-retrospective-2-1-pds
- AWS region
- us-east-1
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nwm-retrospective-2-1-pds/
- Description
- The complete archive of NWM model output data version 2.1 in Zarr format. The NWM precipitation input forcing in Zarr format.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nwm-retrospective-2-1-zarr-pds
- AWS region
- us-east-1
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nwm-retrospective-2-1-zarr-pds/
- Description
- The complete archive of NWM data version 2.0.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nwm-retro-v2-0-pds
- AWS region
- us-east-1
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nwm-retro-v2-0-pds/
- Description
- The streamflow from the NWM version 2.0 in Zarr format.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-nwm-retro-v2-zarr-pds
- AWS region
- us-west-2
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://noaa-nwm-retro-v2-zarr-pds/
- Description
- The complete archive of NWM data version 1.2.
- Resource type
- S3 bucket
- Amazon Resource Name (ARN)
- arn:aws:s3:::nwm-archive
- AWS region
- us-east-1
- AWS CLI access (No AWS account required)
- aws s3 ls --no-sign-request s3://nwm-archive/
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For questions regarding data content or quality, email nws.nwc.ops@noaa.gov .
For information on the National Water Model (NWM), go "here ".
This data is made available to the public through the NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) Program. For questions regarding this program, email nodd@noaa.gov .
We also seek to identify case studies on how NOAA data is being used and will be featuring those stories in joint publications and in upcoming events. If you are interested in seeing your story highlighted, please share it with the NOAA NODD team at NODD@NOAA.GOV .
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