GEWEX Cloud System Study Data Integration for Model Evaluation

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Title: GEWEX Cloud System Study Data Integration for Model Evaluation

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Publication_Place: New York, NY

Publisher: NASA/GISS

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Online_Linkage: http://gcss-dime.giss.nasa.gov/arm-94/arm-94.html

Description:

Abstract:

During the August 1994 Southern Great Plains IOP Field Compaign, special launches were made in support of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Continental-scale International Project (GCIP) and GCIP Integrated Systems Test (GIST) as part of an effort to improve climate models by improving parameterizations of hydrolic and energy cycles. This case study presents data from 1 Aug 1994 to 31 Aug 1994 and covers a region from 25N to 45N latitude and from 120W to 80W longitude. The data for this experiment is under Working Group 2 (Cloud Systems Studies) of the GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS) to improve physical parameterizations of clouds, other boundary layer processes, and their interactions.

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Beginning_Date: 19940801

Ending_Date: 19940831

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Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -120.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > PRECIPITABLE WATER

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Theme_Keyword: GEWEX > GLOBAL ENERGY AND WATER CYCLE EXPERIMENT

Theme_Keyword: ISCCP > INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE CLOUD CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: GCSS-DIME > GEWEX CLOUD SYSTEM STUDY DATA INTEGRATION FOR MODEL EVALUATION

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Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: CHRISTOPHER BRETHERTON

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: University of Washington

Address: Department of Atmospheric Science

Address: Box 351640

City: Seattle

State_or_Province: WA

Postal_Code: 98195

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (206) 685-7414

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (206) 685-9302

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: breth@atmos.washington.edu

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Contact_Organization: NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GISS > Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Contact_Person: WILLIAM B. ROSSOW

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Address: 2880 Broadway

City: New York

State_or_Province: NY

Postal_Code: 10025

Country: USA

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: wbrossow@ccny.cuny.edu

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http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

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DATA CENTER URL

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Access to SGP IOP 1994 model output and data

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http://gcss-dime.giss.nasa.gov/

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GEWEX Cloud System Study Data Integration for Model Evaluation Home Page

Fees: None

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Metadata_Date: 20020925

Metadata_Review_Date: 20090826

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Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory

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City: Lanham

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20706

Country: USA

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time