CISL RDA: ds065.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview

Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, and U.S. National Severe Storms Laboratory, 1980: NMC B-3 47x51 Northern Hemisphere Vertical Motion Analyses, daily 1958Oct-1972. Dataset ds065.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds065.0/.

Types of data:

Grids

Data formats:

DSS Octagonal Grid (Binary)

Data contributors:

DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/OAR/NSSL > National Severe Storms Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Total volume: 57.197 Mbytes

Summary for Grids in DSS Octagonal Grid Format

Product and Coverage Information:
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Variable

Vertical Levels	Temporal Valid Range

Geopotential height

• Isobaric level: 1000 mbar		1962-04-30 00:00 to 1963-11-07 00:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar		1961-10-05 00:00 to 1965-01-19 00:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar		1963-11-20 00:00 to 1963-11-20 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar		1958-10-01 00:00 to 1965-01-19 00:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar		1961-03-01 00:00 to 1962-12-31 00:00

Stream functions made at NMC (cm² s^-1)

• Isobaric level: 500 mbar

1963-11-01 00:00 to 1963-11-01 00:00

Thickness values (cm)

• Isobaric level: Bottom=850 mbar, Top=500 mbar		1958-10-01 00:00 to 1964-10-06 00:00
• Isobaric level: Bottom=1000 mbar, Top=500 mbar		1962-05-08 00:00 to 1962-05-08 00:00

Vertical velocity

• Isobaric level: 650 mbar		1962-03-06 00:00 to 1972-12-31 18:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar		1958-10-02 00:00 to 1962-06-18 00:00
• Isobaric level: 350 mbar		1962-11-02 00:00 to 1972-12-31 18:00