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Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Data at UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC

Entry ID: PACS_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC

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Summary

Abstract: The Pan American Climate Studies (PACS) Program is a United States
Federal Program in the 1995 to 2004 time frame directed towards the
goal of improving the skill of operational seasonal-to-interannual
climate prediction (with emphasis on precipitation) over the
Americas. Although the principal focus of PACS is on seasonal and
interannual variability on a regional (>500 km) scale, higher
frequency ...

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Access to PACS data sets

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: PACS project home page

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 30.0

S: -30.0

E: -30.0

W: -150.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: Pan American Climate Studies

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/EOL

Online Resource: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?PACS

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-02-26

Stop Date: 1995-03-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA > COSTA RICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > MEXICO

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS > BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

Platform

SHIPS

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

Instrument

RADIOSONDES

SSMI > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

PACS > Pan-American Climate Studies

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

INTEGRATED WATER VAPOR

RAINFALL

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

UCAR/JOSS

Data Center

Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog System, Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/

Data Center Personnel
Name: USER SERVICES/CODIAC Email: codiac at ucar.edu Contact Address: Codiac Data Archive University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000-FL4 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307-3000 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online

Distribution Format: varies

Fees: None

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-06-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-11-29

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