Dan Robinson
What is this model's real name now? I thought the ETA became the NAM, then the NAM became the WRF-NMM - but apparently is having trouble letting the NAM name go completely, as I still see it called the NAM/WRF.
rdale
EF5
Eta has been dead for a LONG time. Only thing it does is spit out MOS (so you can't see actual data) and that is leaving soon.
NAM is the name of the early slot in model runs. It's a North American model. It is now being filled by the WRF (NMM version.)
The GFS (global) runs after that finishes.
The WRF itself is available for anyone to run. You can use the NMM version or the ARW (Advanced Research.)
So the early model run is simply called the NAM. Someday it won't be the WRF there as the actual code for the model (long ways away) but it will still be the NAM.
In any case, do NOT refer to the Eta. That does not exist.
NAM is the name of the early slot in model runs. It's a North American model. It is now being filled by the WRF (NMM version.)
The GFS (global) runs after that finishes.
The WRF itself is available for anyone to run. You can use the NMM version or the ARW (Advanced Research.)
So the early model run is simply called the NAM. Someday it won't be the WRF there as the actual code for the model (long ways away) but it will still be the NAM.
In any case, do NOT refer to the Eta. That does not exist.
Dan Robinson
What is the proper way to refer to the current model - is it just "NAM"?
COD calls it the NAM (WRF-NMM):
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/eta12hr_sfc_temp.gif
PSU calls it the WRF:
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/WRF_0z/wrf06.html
NCEP calls it the NAM:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/00/images/nam_200_000s.gif
Are these all the same model? I guess I should know this by now, but it's always confused me.
COD calls it the NAM (WRF-NMM):
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/eta12hr_sfc_temp.gif
PSU calls it the WRF:
http://www.meteo.psu.edu/~gadomski/WRF_0z/wrf06.html
NCEP calls it the NAM:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/00/images/nam_200_000s.gif
Are these all the same model? I guess I should know this by now, but it's always confused me.
Yep, those are all the same. The NAM is the timeslot for the server time, the current model taking that timeslot is the WRF-NMM. But yes, almost all of the websites out there call it something different depending on whomever put it together.
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