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CLPX NOAA FSL Rapid Update Cycle 20 km (RUC-20) Dataset
Entry ID: NSIDC-0180

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Summary

Abstract: The Rapid Update Cycle analysis/model system at a 20-km horizontal resolution (RUC20) provides short-range numerical weather guidance for general forecasting, as well as for the special short-term needs of aviation and severe-weather forecasting. This data set consists of 60 meteorological and soil parameters at 50 computational levels. Data are available from 1 October 2002 to 1 October 2003. RUC20 is a further development on the RUC40 model that produced output at a 40 km horizontal resolution. The NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX) is a multi-sensor, multi-scale experiment that focuses on extending a local-scale understanding of water fluxes, storage, and transformations to regional and global scales. Within a framework of nested study areas in the central Rocky Mountains of the western United States, ranging from 1-ha to 160,000 km2, intensive ground, airborne, and spaceborne observations are collected. Data collection focuses on two seasons: mid-winter, when conditions are generally frozen and dry, and early spring, a transitional period when both frozen and thawed, dry and wet conditions are widespread.

Geographic Coverage

N: 54.0

S: 24.0

E: 66.0

W: -126.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: D. Cline, G. Fall, and A. Nilsson
Dataset Title: CLPX NOAA FSL Rapid Update Cycle 20 km (RUC-20) Dataset
Dataset Release Date: 2004-02-02
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO, USA
Dataset Publisher: National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0180.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2002-09-30

Stop Date: 2003-09-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > COLORADO
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WYOMING

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

Models [Information]

Project

EOSDIS >Earth Observing System Data Information System    [Information]

ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program    [Information]

CLPX >Cold Land Processes Field Experiment    [Information]

Quality

Known gaps in these data are listed in the metadata. However, there still may be unknown gaps in these data that are unaccounted for in the metadata. The responsibility for checking data continuity is left to the user.

Keywords

Air Temperatures

Albedo

Atmospheric Pressure

Atmospheric Stratification

Atmospheric Temperature

Atmospheric Water Vapor

Cloud Cover

Humidity

Incoming Shortwave Radiation

Latent Heat Flux

Longwave Downward Radiation

Longwave Radiation

Near-surface Air Temperatures

Precipitation

Precipitation Amount

Precipitation Type

Sensible Heat

Shortwave Radiation

Snow Accumulation

Snow Melt

Soil Moisture

Soil Temperatures

Soil Water Content

Surface Soil Moisture

Surface Winds

Two-Meter Air Temperature

Wind Velocity

Winter Air Temperature

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC

Data Center

NSIDC Distributed Active Archive Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0180

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

National Snow and Ice Data Center [Information]
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0180

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: CD-ROM
Distribution_Size: 1 to 55 MB per day. The entire data set is approximately 570 GB.
Distribution_Format: Gridded Binary (GRIB)

Personnel

DON CLINE
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 952 361 6610 x252
Fax: 952 361 6634
Email: cline at nohrsc.nws.gov
Contact Address:
National Weather Service
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
1735 Lake Drive W.
City: Chanhassen
Province or State: MN
Postal Code: 55317

GREG FALL
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 952 316 6610 x251
Fax: 952 361 6634
Email: fall at nohrsc.nws.gov
Contact Address:
1735 Lake Drive West
City: Chanhassen
Province or State: MN
Postal Code: 55317
Country: USA

ANDERS NILSSON
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: mini at nada.kth.se
Contact Address:
1735 Lake Drive West
City: Chanhassen
Province or State: MN
Postal Code: 55317
Country: USA

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

Woolfenden, E., George, S.C. and Snape, I. (2009), Hydrocarbons in Antarctic Marine Sediment: expect the unexpected., 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Abstract Book, Bremen, Germany, Oral Presentation

Woolfenden, E.N.M., Powell, S.M., Stark, S.C., Stark, J.S., Thompson, B.A.W., Harvey, P. McA., Snape, I., Riddle, M.J. and George, S.C. (2008), Hydrocarbons in Antarctic marine sediments: degradation and ecological effects over five years., Oil, Soil, Water and Wine, 15th Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference,, Oral Presentation

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-11-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-03-25

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