ds066.0

Forgot Password? Register Now

UCAR > NCAR > CISL

Search:

FAQs | Contact Us | For Staff

ds066.0 Go to Dataset:

SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTATION

Background information about the characteristics of this data may be found in An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets. There is general basic information in its Introduction .

More specific information may be found in these chapter(s) or section(s): Analyzed and Model Data .

See this for information about the objective analysis.

VARIABLES:

See this for information about some missing humidity grids.

See ds719.0 for tropical wind data for 1974-1978.

VARIABLE / LEVEL TABLES:

Table of Levels and Variables (List B - ON84 - 65x65)

(in 1996: 81 grids max per hemisphere per analysis time)

   tpause  p t
      100  z t u v
      150  z t u v
      200  z t u v       plus  6-hr fcst of W
      250  z t u v
      300  z t u v rh    plus 12-hr fcst of z t u v
                         plus 36-hr fct  of z
 sigma(2)  rh         (0.67-1.00, 0.33-0.67)
      400  z t u v rh
      500  z t u v rh    plus  6-hr fcst of W
                         plus 12-hr fcst of z t u v
                         plus 24-hr fcst of z
                         plus 36-hr fcst of z
                         plus 36-hr fcst of W
                         plus 48-hr fcst of z
                         plus 72-hr fcst of z
      700  z t u v rh    plus 36-hr fcst of z
      850  z t u v rh    plus  6-hr fcst of W
                         plus 12-hr fcst of z t u v
                         plus 36-hr fcst of z
    bound  rh
     1000  z t u v rh    plus 24-hr fcst of z
                         plus 36-hr fcst of z
                         plus 48-hr fcst of z
                         plus 72-hr fcst of z
      msl  slp
      sfc  sfct          plus 36-hr fcst of acc precip

Table of Levels and Variables (List B - ON84 - Tropicals)

(in 1996: 14 grids max per analysis time)

      200  u v
      250  u v
      300  u v
      500  u v
      700  u v
      850  u v
     1000  u v

FORMAT AND USAGE:

General

To see NMC's ON84 Documentation click here.
To see FAQs about FNL and ADP data click here.

Tools to manipulate GRIB data

For support using NCAR/CISL's NCL click here.
For support using COLA's GrADS click here.

Models

For support using NCAR/MMM's WRF click here.
For support using ATMET's RAMS click here.

Updated 22 July 2005