Data Library
Finding Data
Tutorial
Questions and Answers
Function Documentation
ECMWF GGA documentation
help
help
ECMWF GGA options Help Expert Mode
display data as colors display data as contours display data as line Data Selection Data Downloads & Files Data Tables
served from IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library

SOURCESECMWFGGA*

ECMWF GGA

GGA from ECMWF: European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts.

Documents

outlinean outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset
dataset documentation

Datasets and variables

CLIMATOLOGY ECMWF GGA CLIMATOLOGY[absu ]
geopotential ECMWF GGA phi[ Y X P | T]
surface height ECMWF GGA phis[ Y X |]
surface pressure ECMWF GGA psfc[ Y X | T]
specific humidity ECMWF GGA sphm[ Y X P | T]
temperature at 2m ECMWF GGA t2m[ Y X | T]
zonal velocity ECMWF GGA u[ Y X P | T]
meridional velocity ECMWF GGA v[ Y X P | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Pressure grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (10.) (30.) (50.) (70.) (100.) (150.) (200.) (250.) (300.) (400.) (500.) (700.) (850.) (1000.)] :grid
Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1985) to (Dec 1992) by 1.0 N= 96 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

References

K. E. Trenberth. Global analyses from ECMWF and Atlas of 1000 to 10 mb Circulation Statistics, number NCAR/TN-373+STR, 1992

Last updated: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:10:07 GMT