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  ds083.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, 1997: NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, April 1997 to June 2007. Dataset ds083.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds083.0/.
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
Projects that are supported by the data:
  • WRF > WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) Modelling
Total volume:  10.110 Gbytes

Summary for Grids in WMO GRIB1 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 LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Absolute vorticity (s-1)
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Geopotential height (gpm)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 1000 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 925 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 400 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 250 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 200 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 150 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 100 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 70 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 50 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 30 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 20 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 10 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Ice cover (fraction)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Land cover (fraction)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Maximum temperature (K)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 1999-12-09 00:00
Minimum temperature (K)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 1999-12-09 00:00
Potential temperature (K)
• Sigma level: 0.995   1997-05-01 00:00 to 1997-05-06 12:00
Precipitable water (kg m-2)
• Entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer)  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Pressure (Pa)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Tropopause  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Pressure reduced to MSL (Pa)
• Mean sea level  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Pressure vertical velocity (Pa s-1)
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Relative humidity (%)
• Entire atmosphere (considered as a single layer)  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 1000 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 925 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 400 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Layer between two sigma levels: Bottom=0.72 , Top=0.44   1997-05-01 00:00 to 1997-05-06 12:00
• Layer between two sigma levels: Bottom=0.94 , Top=0.72   1997-05-01 00:00 to 1997-05-06 12:00
• Layer between two sigma levels: Bottom=1 , Top=0.44   1997-05-01 00:00 to 1997-05-06 12:00
• Sigma level: 0.995   1997-05-01 00:00 to 1997-05-06 12:00
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Specific humidity (kg kg-1)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Temperature (K)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 1000 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 925 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 400 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 250 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 200 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 150 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 100 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 70 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 50 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 30 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 20 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 10 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=10 cm, Top=0 cm  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=200 cm, Top=10 cm  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2005-05-31 00:00
• Sigma level: 0.995   1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Tropopause  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
u-component of wind (m s-1)
• Isobaric surface: 1000 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 925 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 400 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 250 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 200 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 150 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 100 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 70 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 50 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 30 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 20 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 10 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Sigma level: 0.995   1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
v-component of wind (m s-1)
• Isobaric surface: 1000 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 925 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 850 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 700 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 500 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 400 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 300 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 250 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 200 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 150 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 100 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 70 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 50 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 30 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 20 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Isobaric surface: 10 mbar  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Sigma level: 0.995   1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
Volumetric soil moisture content (fraction)
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=10 cm, Top=0 cm  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=200 cm, Top=10 cm  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2005-05-31 00:00
Water equivalent of accumulated snow depth (kg m-2)
• Ground or water surface  1997-04-01 00:00 to 2007-06-30 12:00

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