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 and
this
for information about the objective analysis.
Also see these references, this
Monthly Weather Review article, and
this BAMS article.
TYPES:
Operational
Gridded analyses
Synoptic
Upper air analyses
COVERAGE:
Global coverage
Northern and southern hemisphere data in separate grids.
Polar stereographic projection grid
PERIODS:
Earlier data may be found in
DS066.0.
UPDATES:
None
Analyses are continued, in GRIB1 format, in
DS067.3.
TIMES:
daily
at 12Z
VARIABLES:
Charlie Zender of CGD (our order a-05254) reports that the ozone
units are not kg/m2, but Dobson units = gas column height at STP in 10-5 meters.
VARIABLE / LEVEL TABLES:
(in 1995: 17 grids max per hemisphere per analysis time)
column tot ozone
0.4 z t
1 z t
2 z t
5 z t
10 z t
30 z t
50 z t
70 z t
FORMAT:
Also be aware of these processing issues.
MM5, WRF and RAMS users click here.
VOLUME:
1664MB estimated total
COST:
Users with NCAR computing accounts have free access from the NCAR MSS through clicking the 
tab in the navigation bar.
For all others, costs depend on the amount requested, and the DSS standard charging rate applies as shown on the service charges page.
To send a data request to a staff member, please use this form.
