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Feiber's Global 500mb and 300mb Vorticity Indices, 1946-1979Feb

Entry ID: NCAR_DS814.0

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Summary

Abstract: This dataset contains global 500mb and 300mb vorticity area indices which were
compiled by the Aspen Institute. The indices are stored on
polar-stereographic grids, one for each hemisphere. For the Northern
Hemisphere indices, the 20 and 24 vorticity contour levels were
used, and for the Southern Hemisphere, the 16 contour level was
used.
The 500mb Northern Hemisphere grids cover the period from January 1946 to
February 1979 and the 300mb grids span the period from April 1955 to
December 1977. For the Southern Hemisphere at both levels, grids are
available from April 1972 to January 1978.

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: Feiber's Global 500mb and 300mb Vorticity Indices, 1946-1979Feb

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://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds814.0/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1946-01-01

Stop Date: 1979-02-28

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VORTICITY

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

NCEPGDAS > NCEP Global Data Assimilation System

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

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/
Dataset ID: 814.0

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.