CISL RDA: ds085.1 Detailed Metadata

Overview

Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research [CISL/Data Support Section], U.S. Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center, and U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction, updated quarterly: Monthly Northern Hemisphere 72x19 Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from April 1947. Dataset ds085.1 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds085.1/.

Types of data:

Grids

Data formats:

DSS 5-Degree LatLon Grid (Binary)

Data contributors:

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: 145.263 Mbytes

Summary for Grids in DSS 5-Degree LatLon Grid 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

Geopotential height

• Isobaric level: 1000 mbar		1962-04-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar		1961-04-01 12:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 400 mbar		1965-04-01 12:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 250 mbar		1958-10-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 150 mbar		1963-01-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 100 mbar		1963-01-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00

Sea-level pressure

• Sea level

1946-01-01 07:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00

Temperature

• Isobaric level: 850 mbar		1962-01-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 400 mbar		1965-05-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 250 mbar		1958-10-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar		1955-04-01 03:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 150 mbar		1963-02-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 100 mbar		1963-02-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00
• Surface		1965-10-01 00:00 to 2009-09-30 12:00

Virtual temperature

• Isobaric level: 850 mbar		1974-09-01 00:00 to 1997-04-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 700 mbar		1974-09-01 00:00 to 1997-04-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar		1974-09-01 00:00 to 1997-04-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 400 mbar		1978-11-01 00:00 to 1997-04-30 12:00
• Isobaric level: 300 mbar		1978-09-01 00:00 to 1997-04-30 12:00