[Parameters: Topic='ATMOSPHERE', Term='ATMOSPHERIC WINDS', Variable_Level_1='UPPER LEVEL WINDS']

SAFARI 2000 ETA ATMOSPHERIC MODEL DATA, WET AND DRY SEASONS 2000

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Originator: SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE (SAWS)
Publication_Date: 2004
Title: SAFARI 2000 ETA ATMOSPHERIC MODEL DATA, WET AND DRY SEASONS 2000
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Publication_Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center
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With modern computer power now capable of making mesoscale model output available in real time in the operational environment, increased attention has been given to utilizing these models in order to improve the forecasting ability of meteorologists. The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) has developed a step-mountain eta coordinate model generally known as the ETA Model.This NCEP ETA data assimilation and prediction system (see Mesinger et al., 1988; Black, 1994) has been used by the South African Weather Bureau/Service (SAWS) to provide operational regional forecast guidance since November 1993. SAWS used this model to produce the basic meteorological data for the SAFARI project. The SAWS ETA model is a hydrostatic model with a horizontal grid spacing of approximately 48 km and 38 vertical levels, with layer depths that range from 20 m in the planetary boundary layer to 2 km at 50 mb. There have been several major ETA Model upgrades at SAWS: in March 1996, August 1998, November 1999, and August 2001.
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Beginning_Date: 20000201
Ending_Date: 20000930
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > PRECIPITABLE WATER
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
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Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM
Theme_Keyword: SAFARI 2000 > THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGIONAL SCIENCE INITIATIVE PROJECT
Theme_Keyword: CWIC > CEOS WGISS INTEGRATED CATALOG
Theme_Keyword: Winds
Theme_Keyword: Eosdis
Theme_Keyword: Wind Speed
Theme_Keyword: Cloud Cover
Theme_Keyword: Safari 2000
Theme_Keyword: Temperature
Theme_Keyword: Air Pressure
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Theme_Keyword: Relative Humidity
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Theme_Keyword: Convective Inhibition
Theme_Keyword: Eta Atmospheric Model
Theme_Keyword: Dew Point Temperature
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Theme_Keyword: Pressure Vertical Velocity
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Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH
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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > AFRICA > SOUTHERN AFRICA
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Address: Private Bag X097
City: Pretoria
Postal_Code: 0001
Country: South Africa
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 012-367-6000
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SAFARI 2000 ETA ATMOSPHERIC MODEL DATA, WET AND DRY SEASONS 2000
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Metadata_Date: 20040913
Metadata_Review_Date: 20120417
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City: Oak Ridge
State_or_Province: TN
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