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- description: The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) is an operational atmospheric prediction system comprised primarily of a numerical
forecast model and an analysis system to initialize that model. Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS) is the research
counterpart to the RUC. The RUC has been developed to serve users needing short-range weather forecasts. RUC runs operationally
at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The key features of RUC/MAPS include: <ul> <li>high-frequency
(every 1h) 3-d objective analyses over the contiguous United States</li> <li>high-frequency (every 1h) short-range
weather model </li> <li>forecasts (out to 12 h) in support of aviation and other mesoscale weather forecast users
assimilation of data from:</li> <ul> <li>commercial aircraft (relayed through ACARS &#8211; Aircraft
Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System)</li> <li>wind profilers (404 and boundary-layer 915 MHz)</li>
<li>rawinsondes and special dropwinsondes</li> <li>surface reporting stations and buoys</li> <li>RASS
(Radio Acoustic Sounding System) &#8211; experimental</li> <li>VAD (velocity-azimuth display) winds from NWS
WSR-88D radars</li> <li>GOES total precipitable water estimates</li> <li>SSM/I total precipitable
water estimates</li> <li>GPS total precipitable water estimates</li> <li>GOES high-density visible
and IR cloud drift winds</li> </ul> </ul>; abstract: The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) is an operational atmospheric
prediction system comprised primarily of a numerical forecast model and an analysis system to initialize that model. Mesoscale
Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS) is the research counterpart to the RUC. The RUC has been developed to serve users needing
short-range weather forecasts. RUC runs operationally at the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). The key
features of RUC/MAPS include: <ul> <li>high-frequency (every 1h) 3-d objective analyses over the contiguous United
States</li> <li>high-frequency (every 1h) short-range weather model </li> <li>forecasts (out to 12
h) in support of aviation and other mesoscale weather forecast users assimilation of data from:</li> <ul> <li>commercial
aircraft (relayed through ACARS &#8211; Aircraft Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System)</li> <li>wind
profilers (404 and boundary-layer 915 MHz)</li> <li>rawinsondes and special dropwinsondes</li> <li>surface
reporting stations and buoys</li> <li>RASS (Radio Acoustic Sounding System) &#8211; experimental</li>
<li>VAD (velocity-azimuth display) winds from NWS WSR-88D radars</li> <li>GOES total precipitable water
estimates</li> <li>SSM/I total precipitable water estimates</li> <li>GPS total precipitable water
estimates</li> <li>GOES high-density visible and IR cloud drift winds</li> </ul> </ul>
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- Title Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric output, 20 km grid, averaged to 40 km.
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2018-02-25T05:46:07.045795
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