CISL RDA: ds067.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview

Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, 1982: NCEP Stratospheric Analyses, daily 1981Jun-1997Mar. Dataset ds067.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds067.0/.

Types of data:

Grids

Data formats:

NCEP ON84 (Binary)

Data contributors:

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

Projects that are supported by the data:

WRF > WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) Modelling

Total volume: 1.700 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in NCEP ON84 Format

Product and Coverage Information:
There are multiple products and/or geographical coverages for the grids in this format. Click a variable name to see the available products and coverages for that variable.

Variable

Vertical Levels	Temporal Valid Range

Atmospheric temperature (deg K)

• Atmospheric pressure: 70 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 50 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 30 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 20 mbar		1980-10-14 12:00 to 1980-10-14 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 10 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 5 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 2 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 1 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 0.4 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00

Geopotential height (gpm)

• Atmospheric pressure: 70 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 50 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 30 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 10 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 5 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 2 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 1 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00
• Atmospheric pressure: 0.4 mbar		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00

Total column ozone (kg m^-2)

• Entire atmosphere: Bottom=0 , Top=1

1980-11-20 12:00 to 1997-03-19 12:00

Upward flux of long-wave radiation (W m^-2)

• : 25		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1986-09-30 12:00
• : 26		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1986-09-30 12:00
• : 27		1981-06-01 12:00 to 1986-09-30 12:00