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NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure
NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure: Ensemble Mean Pressure Level Data.Documents
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Datasets and variables
| 6-hourly Air Temperature on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure air[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly Geopotential Heights on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure hgt[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly Omega on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure omega[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly Relative Humidity on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure rhum[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly Specific Humidity on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure shum[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly U-wind on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure uwnd[ lon lat | level time] |
| 6-hourly V-wind on Pressure Levels | NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V2 six-hourly pressure vwnd[ lon lat | level time] |
Independent Variables (Grids)
| lat (latitude) | grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.0 N= 91 pts :grid |
| lon (longitude) | grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid |
| time (time) | grid: /time (days since 1871-01-01 00:00:00) ordered (0000 1 Jan 1871) to (1800 31 Dec 2008) by 0.25 N= 201616 pts :grid |
Other Info
- citation
- Compo, G.P., J.S. Whitaker, and P.D. Sardeshmukh, 2006: Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87, 175-190.
- comments
- Data is from NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2 (4x/day). It consists of most variables interpolated to pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces.
- Conventions
- CF-1.2
- institution
- NOAA ESRL/PSD
- platform
- Model
- title
- 4x Daily NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis
- version
- 2.0
- history
- created 2009/09 by Hoop (netCDF3)
References
Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, P. D. Sardeshmukh, N. Matsui, R. J. Allan, X. Yin, B. E. Gleason, R. S. Vose, G. Rutledge, P. Bessemoulin, S. Bronnimann, M. Brunet, R. I. Crouthamel, A. N. Grant, P. Y. Groisman, P. D. Jones, M. Kruk, A. C. Kruger, G. J. Marshall, M. Maugeri, H. Y. Mok, O. Nordli, T. F. Ross, R. M. Trigo, X. L. Wang, S. D. Woodruff, S. J. Worley, 2011: The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project. Quarterly J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1-28. DOI: 10.1002/qj.776.Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, and P. D. Sardeshmukh, 2006: Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87, 175-190
Whitaker, J. S., G. P. Compo, X. Wei, and T. M. Hamill, 2004: Reanalysis without radiosondes using ensemble data assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1190-1200.
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