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CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Tropopause Level

Entry ID: NOAA_CDC042

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Summary

Abstract: The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis project is using a state-of-the-art
analysis/forecast system to perform data assimilation using past data
from 1948 to the present. A subset of this data has been processed to
create monthly means of a subset of the original data. There are also
files containing data from variables derived from the reanalysis and
some other statistics. Information about the 4 times and ...

Purpose: Scientific research.

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Dataset Title: CDC Derived NCEP Reanalysis Products Tropopause Level

Dataset Release Date: 2001-10-01

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center

Online Resource: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1948-01-01

Stop Date: 2001-10-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Ancillary Keywords

Air Temperature

AMSR-E

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

NSIDC

Data Center

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0232

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: 175 KB

Distribution Format: Microsoft Excel and ASCII

Personnel

J. IAN MACPHERSON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: (613) 998-3014

Email: jim at u614ji.iar.nrc.ca

Contact Address:

Flight Research Laboratory

National Research Council of Canada

Bldg. U-61

City: Ottowa

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: K1A OR6

Country: CANADA

MENGITSU WOLDE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Contact Address:

Flight Research Laboratory

National Research Council of Canada

Bldg. U-61

City: Ottowa

Province or State: Ontario

Postal Code: K1A OR6

Country: CANADA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

Publications/References

http://iar-ira.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/flight/flight_5d_e.html Airborne Atmospheric Research, Remote Sensing and Aeromagnetics Anderson, M.C. et al. 2003. Comparison of Aircraft- and Tower-Measured Fluxes Acquired During SMACEX with Predictions from a Regional Atmosphere-Land Exchange Model. Proceedings of the 17th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society. Long Beach, ...

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-04-01

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-08-29

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