Detailed model description

Page containing details for all model configurations available in S2S since the project start => ECCC model description

Overview of the model changes

Model version

Implementation date in S2S

Time range

Resolution

Ens. Size

Frequency

Re-forecasts

Rfc period

Rfc frequency

Rfc size

Ocean resolutionActive Sea Ice

GEPS 7

02/12/2021 

d 0-32Yin-Yang grid at 0.35° uniform resolution (~39 km) / L8520+1

weekly

(Thu)

on the fly2001-2020

weekly

(Thu)

3+1 0.25 dg/ L50 yes

GEPS 6

04/07/2019d 0-32Yin-Yang grid at 0.35° uniform resolution (~39 km) / L4520+1

weekly

(Thu)

on the fly1998-2017

weekly

(Thu)

3+1 0.25 dg/ L50 yes
GEPS 520/09/2018d 0-32Yin-Yang grid at 0.35° uniform resolution (~39 km) / L4520+1

weekly

(Thu)

on the fly1998-2017

weekly

(Thu)

3+1N/AN/A
GEPS 407/01/2016d 0-320.45x0.45 L4020+1

weekly

(Thu)

on the fly1995-2014

weekly

(Thu)

3+1N/AN/A

Description of the main changes

Ocean parameters

The 9 new ocean parameters from ECCC coupled model have been added to S2S archive for both real-time and on-the-fly reforecast  runs since   onwards. 

GEPS 7

GEPS 6

GEPS 5

GEPS 4