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ECMWF AMEX Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses, daily 1987Jan

Entry ID: NCAR_DS618.0

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Summary

Abstract: This dataset contains daily tropospheric and stratospheric analyses from the
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for the
Australian Monsoon Experiment (AMEX) period of January 10-January
22, 1987. The grids are in GRIB Edition 0 format, and parameters
include temperature, geopotential height, relative humidity,
vertical motion, vorticity, and wind divergence on levels from
1000mb up to 10mb. There are also some surface variables available.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section,Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Dataset Title: ECMWF AMEX Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses, daily 1987Jan

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section,Scientific Computing Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Online Resource: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds618.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1987-01-10

Stop Date: 1987-01-22

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

AMEX/EMEX > Australian Monsoon Experiment

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

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

Data Center URL: http://rda.ucar.edu/
Dataset ID: 618.0

Data Center Personnel
Name: RDA HELP DESK Phone: (303)-497-1231 Fax: (303)-497-1291 Email: dssweb 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 ftp

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: None

Personnel

EDOUARD BARD

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +33 (0) 442 971 561

Fax: +33 (0) 442 971 595

Email: bard at cerege.fr

Contact Address:

CEREGE

Europole de l'Arbois BP 80

City: Aix en Provence Cedex 4

Postal Code: 13545

Country: France

Publications/References

Bard E., 2002. Abrupt climate changes over millennial time scales:
climate shock. Physics Today 55 (12), 32-38.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-04

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-06-17

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