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NCEP/NCAR Global Reanalysis 8-day Forecast Products

This data set contains forecast products from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project. The resolution of the Reanalysis Forecast Model is T62 (209 km) with 28 vertical sigma levels. Every five days, beginning with 00Z 01 January, an 8 day forecast run is made. The initial time and outputs for every 12 hours are saved from this run. Pressure level and special level data are archived on the 2.5x2.5 latitude-longitude grid and flux fields are archived on the 192x94 Gaussian grid. Details on variables included are available elsewhere. Some special periods will be analyzed more than once to provide data for special research studies. For example, a special NOSAT run of 1979 was made excluding most satellite inputs. This run could be used for evaluating the impact of satellite data on the forecasts. See DS090.0for analysis and first guess fields. All data files of 1948-2005OCT are available as of 2005DEC29.



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PERIODS: 1948-01-01 03:00 +0000 to 2006-03-05 00:00 +0000
UPDATES: Quarterly (nominally)
VARIABLES:
Air TemperatureBoundary Layer WindsGeopotential HeightSurface Winds
Upper Level Winds   

GRIB parameter table
LEVELS: See the detailed metadata for level information
TIMES:
TYPES: Grid
COVERAGE: Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N
Detailed coverage information
SOURCES: DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP
National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
RELATED SITES: NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project Information
PUBLICATIONS: Kistler, R., E. Kalnay, W. Collins, S. Saha, G.White, J.Woollen, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, M. Kanamitsu, V. Kousky, H. van den Dool, R. Jenne, and M. Fiorino, 1999: The NCEP-NCAR 50-Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD-ROM and Documentation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 247-267.

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K.C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, A. Leetmaa, R. Reynolds, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph, 1996: The NCEP / NCAR 40-year reanalysis project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437-471.

VOLUME: 194.66 GBytes
FORMATS: WMO GRIB1
CONTACT: For assistance with this dataset, please contact Chi-Fan Shih (303-497-1833) . If the specialist is unavailable, please contact Data Help.
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