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NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Monthly Mean Subsets (from DS090.0), 1948-continuing

Entry ID: NCAR_DS090.2

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Summary

Abstract: The monthly means of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis (R1) products, archived in ds090.0 [http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds090.0] dataset, are extracted and reorganized into 10 subgroups in this dataset. The 10 subgroups are: dgn, presA, presB, theta, xprod, 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, 18Z and rest subgroups. The monthly means of diagnostic terms, (such as various ...

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

Dataset Title: NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Monthly Mean Subsets (from DS090.0), 1948-continuing

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/ds090.2/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1948-01-01

Stop Date: 2006-01-01

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

NNRP > NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project

Ancillary Keywords

NCEPRM > NCEP Reanalysis Model

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

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: 090.2

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 Size: 35.614 Gbytes

Distribution Format: GRIB1 > GRIdded Binary form, Edition 1

Personnel

CHI-FAN SHIH

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: (303)-497-1833

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: chifan 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.

BOB DATTORE

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: (303)-497-1825

Fax: (303)-497-1291

Email: dattore 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.

Publications/References

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K.C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, A. Leetmaa, R. Reynolds, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph, 1996: The NCEP / NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437-471.

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Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-05-23

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