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ECMWF TOGA 2.5 degree Global Surface and Upper Air Analyses, daily 1985-continuing

This dataset contains 2.5 degree latitude-longitude output grids from the ECMWF operational model. Both upper air and surface grids are archived in this dataset.

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PERIODS:

1985-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2009-05-31 12:00 +0000

UPDATES:

Monthly (nominally)

ACCESS:

We are allowed to distribute this data to US scientists, scientists visiting US organizations, and Canadian scientists affiliated with UCAR member organizations only.

USAGE:

This data must not be used for commercial purposes. ECMWF must be given credit in any publications in which this data is used.

VARIABLES:

Dew Point Temperature	Humidity	Sea Level Pressure	Skin Temperature
Surface Air Temperature	Surface Pressure	Surface Winds	Upper Level Winds
Vertical Wind Motion

GRIB parameter table

LEVELS:

See the detailed metadata for level information

TYPES:

Grid

COVERAGE:

Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N

Detailed coverage information

Detailed coverage information:
2.5° x 2.5°, 0E to 357.5E and 90N to 90S (144 x 73 Longitude/Latitude)

SOURCES:

ECMWF

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

RELATED SITES:

ECMWF Web Site

PUBLICATIONS:

Trenberth, K.E., 1992: Global Analyses from ECMWF and Atlas of 1000 to 10 mb Circulation Statistics. TN-373+STR, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 205 pp.

Recommended acknowledgement for this dataset:
"The data for this study are from the Research Data Archive (RDA) which is maintained by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The original data are available from the RDA (http://dss.ucar.edu) in dataset number ds111.2."

VOLUME:

42.96 GBytes

DATA FORMATS:

WMO GRIB1, WMO GRIB0

RELATED DATASETS:

ds111.0 - ECMWF TOGA Global Advanced Operational Spectral Analysis, daily 1985-cont
ds111.1 - ECMWF TOGA Global Advanced Operational Surface Analysis, daily 1985-cont
ds111.3 - ECMWF TOGA Global Supplementary Fields, 1985-con
ds111.6 - ECMWF TOGA Global Extension Fields, 1991-con
ds117.0 - ERA40 Model Resolution Gridded Surface, Vertical Integrals, and Other Single Level Fields from ECMWF
ds627.0 - ERA-Interim Project

MORE DETAILS:

View more details for this dataset, including dataset citation, data contributors, and other detailed metadata

CONTACT:

For assistance with this dataset, please contact Joey Comeaux (303-497-1256) . If the specialist is unavailable, please contact Data Help.

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