Abstract:
This data set comprises a 50-year record of daily extratropical cyclone statistics computed for the Northern Hemisphere. Cyclone locations and characteristics were obtained by applying the updated Serreze (1997) algorithm to daily Sea Level Pressure (SLP) data at six-hour intervals (Serreze and Barrett 2008). The SLP source data are part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Reanalysis data set, an assimilation of various atmospheric data collected by a wide variety of sensors within a global weather model. The parameters included in this data set are the position and central pressure of each cyclone, the distance the center of the cyclone traveled, whether the observation represents a cyclogenesis or cyclolysis event, and the local Laplacian of SLP and Sea Level Pressure Tendency (SLPT) at each cyclone center. The total volume of this data set is approximately 150 megabytes. Data are provided in tab-delimited ASCII text format and are available via FTP.
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
Serreze, Mark.
Dataset Title:
Northern Hemisphere Cyclone Locations and Characteristics from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data
Dataset Release Date:
2009-11-30
Dataset Release Place:
Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Online Resource:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0423.html
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
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:
150 MB
Distribution_Format:
ASCII text
Personnel
MARK
C.
SERREZE Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(303) 492-6199
Fax:
(303) 492-2468
Email:
serreze 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
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
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2009-09-08
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-03-03
