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  ds060.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, 1979: NMC B-3 Operational Model 47x51 Northern Hemisphere Tropospheric Analyses, daily 1959-1972. Dataset ds060.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds060.0/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Total volume:  422.715 Mbytes

Summary for Grids in DSS Octagonal Grid Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There is one product and one geographical coverage for all of the grids in this format:
    Product: Analysis
    Geographical Coverage: 381km x 381km (at 60N) oriented 80W (47x51 North Polar Stereographic)
Variable
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Geopotential height
• Isobaric level: 1000 mbar  1962-04-01 12:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1959-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1959-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 400 mbar  1965-04-13 12:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 250 mbar  1965-04-20 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 150 mbar  1962-11-30 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 100 mbar  1962-11-30 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
Stream functions made at NMC (cm2 s-1)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1961-04-01 00:00 to 1962-11-29 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1961-04-01 00:00 to 1962-12-07 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1962-01-25 00:00 to 1962-11-29 00:00
Temperature
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 400 mbar  1965-04-20 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 250 mbar  1965-04-20 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 150 mbar  1962-11-30 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 100 mbar  1962-11-30 00:00 to 1972-12-31 12:00
Thickness values (cm)
• Isobaric level: Bottom=850 mbar, Top=500 mbar  1961-07-18 00:00 to 1972-04-01 00:00
• Isobaric level: Bottom=1000 mbar, Top=500 mbar  1963-08-15 00:00 to 1972-06-21 12:00
Tropopause pressure (deg C)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1959-01-01 00:00 to 1962-10-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1962-10-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1959-01-01 00:00 to 1962-10-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1962-10-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1962-10-31 12:00
Vertical velocity
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1962-01-01 00:00 to 1962-04-30 12:00

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