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 (hours since 1800-1-1 00:00:0.0) ordered [ (0000 1 Jan 1891)] :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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