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Where can I find RTOFS data?
Santha Akella edited this page Apr 4, 2026
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Following 2 options:
- Via NODD at the S3 bucket which has past year or so - current date.
- If data from many past years (that is not beyond what is available at the S3 bucket), then one can try the NESCC HPSS with the needed credentials; details are following.
On the NESCC HPSS, the path to:
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Restarts can be found at:
/NCEPPROD/hpssprod/runhistory/rh{yyyy}/{yyyymm}/{yyyymmdd}/com_rtofs_{version}_rtofs.{yyyymmdd}.restart.tarOne needs to know the version number of RTOFS for any date (yyyymmdd). For that use this information. - Other files such as the following, can be found at:
dir=/NCEPPROD/5year/hpssprod/runhistory/rh{yyyy}/{yyyymm}/{yyyymmdd}/.- Observations (after quality control):
${dir}/com_rtofs_{version}_rtofs.{yyyymmdd}.ncoda.tar. - Background and analysis states:
${dir}/com_rtofs_{version}_rtofs.{yyyymmdd}.ncodavar.tar. - Forecasts and nowcast files:
- Ocean:
${dd}/com_rtofs_{version}_rtofs.{yyyymmdd}.ab.tar. - Sea ice:
/NCEPPROD/1year/hpssprod/runhistory/rh{yyyy}/{yyyymm}/{yyyymmdd}/com_rtofs_{version}_rtofs.{yyyymmdd}.nc.tar; note the shorter (1-year) retention period.
- Ocean:
- Observations (after quality control):