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Overview
Dataset Citation:
UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS, DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC and DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP, 1980: Monthly Northern Hemisphere 47x51 Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from January 1946, updated quarterly. Published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (ds085.0).
Types of data:
  • Grids
Data formats:
Data providers:
  • UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS > Data Support Section, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • DOD/USNAVY/FNMOC > Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, U.S. Navy, U. S. Department of Defense
  • DOC/NOAA/NWS/NCEP > National Centers for Environmental Prediction, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Programs/Experiments that collected the data:
  • ESSPO > 433L ESSPO
Total volume:  246.966 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: Monthly Mean of Analyses
    Geographical Coverage: 381km x 381km (at 60N) oriented 80W (47x51 North Polar Stereographic)
VariableVertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Geopotential height
  • Isobaric level: 1000 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 850 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 700 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 500 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 400 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 300 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 250 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 200 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 150 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 100 mbar
1955-04-01 03:00 to 2005-03-31 12:00
Pressure
  • Isobaric level: 1013 mbar
1973-01-01 00:00 to 2005-03-31 12:00
Sea-level pressure
  • Isobaric level: 1013 mbar
1946-01-01 12:00 to 1993-12-31 12:00
Temperature
  • Isobaric level: 1001 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 850 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 700 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 500 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 400 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 300 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 250 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 200 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 150 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 100 mbar
1955-04-01 03:00 to 2005-03-31 12:00
U wind component
  • Isobaric level: 1000 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 850 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 700 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 500 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 400 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 300 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 250 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 200 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 150 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 100 mbar
1963-08-01 00:00 to 2005-03-31 12:00
V wind component
  • Isobaric level: 1000 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 850 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 700 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 500 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 400 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 300 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 250 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 200 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 150 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 100 mbar
1963-08-01 00:00 to 2005-03-31 12:00
Virtual temperature
  • Isobaric level: 850 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 700 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 500 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 400 mbar
  • Isobaric level: 300 mbar
1978-10-01 00:00 to 1997-03-31 12:00

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