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Labitzke Berlin Stratospheric Data: Quasi-Biennial Oscillation Data

Entry ID: BERLIN_STRATO_QBO

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Summary

Abstract: Almost 50 years ago, the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) of the winds
in the equatorial stratosphere was detected due to the establishment
of a global, regularly measuring radiosonde network.

As part of the compilation of our daily stratospheric charts we have
tabulated the daily wind observations of selected stations near the
equator since 1957. For the earlier years, the values were extracted
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Description: Access to Berlin stratospheric data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: -3.0	S: -3.0	E: -172.0	W: -172.0
Min Altitude: 100 HPA Max Altitude: 10 HPA

	N: -1.0	S: -1.0	E: 73.0	W: 73.0
Min Altitude: 100 HPA Max Altitude: 10 HPA

	N: 1.0	S: 1.0	E: 104.0	W: 104.0
Min Altitude: 100 HPA Max Altitude: 10 HPA

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: K. Labitzke and collaborators

Dataset Title: Quasi-Biennial Oscillation Data

Dataset Series Name: Berlin Stratospheric Data Series

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Online Resource: http://dss.ucar.edu/cdroms/karin_labitzke_strat_grids/start.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1953-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

OCEAN > INDIAN OCEAN > MALDIVES

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly mean, daily, climatological

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > QBO

CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION > QBO

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

RADIOSONDES

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Use Constraints Users must acknowledge:
K. Labitzke and Collaborators, 2002: The Berlin Stratospheric Data
Series, CD from Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin.

Ancillary Keywords

QBO

Quasi-Biennial Oscillation

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Free University Berlin

Data Center

Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: WILL SPANGLER Phone: (303)-497-1217 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: spangler at ucar.edu Contact Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research CISL/DSS P.O. Box 3000 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307 Country: U.S.A.

Distribution

Distribution Media: online, CD, WWW

Distribution Format: ASCII text

Fees: none

Personnel

KARIN LABITZKE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Fax: +49-30-838 71 166

Email: labitzke at strat01.met.fu-berlin.de

Contact Address:

Freie Universitat Berlin

Institut fur Meteorologie

Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10

City: Berlin

Postal Code: 12165

Country: Germany

Publications/References

Baldwin, M.P., L.J. Gray, T.J. Dunkerton, K. Hamilton, P.H. Haynes,
W.J. Randel, J.R. Holton, M.J. Alexander, I. Hirota, T. Horinouchi,
D.B.A. Jones, J.S. Kinnersley, C. Marquardt, K. Sato, and
M. Takahashi, 2001: The Quasi-Biennial Oscillation. Reviews of
Geophys., 39, 179-229.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-02-27

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-12-21

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