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  ds111.1 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, updated yearly: ECMWF TOGA Global Advanced Operational Surface Analysis, daily 1985-cont. Dataset ds111.1 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • ECMWF > European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Total volume:  103.164 Gbytes

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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.
VariableParameter
Code
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
10 metre U wind component (m s-1) 165
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
10 metre V wind component (m s-1) 166
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
2 metre dewpoint temperature (K) 168
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
2 metre temperature (K) 167
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Albedo 174
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Angle of sub-gridscale orography (rad) 162
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Anisotropy of sub-gridscale orography 161
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Charnock 148
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Convective available potential energy (J kg-1) 59
• Ground or water surface  2003-10-07 00:00 to 2003-12-31 18:00
Downward uv radiation at the surface (W m-2) 57
• Ground or water surface  2003-10-07 00:00 to 2003-12-31 18:00
Geopotential (m2 s-2) 129
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
High cloud cover 188
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
High vegetation cover 28
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Ice surface temperature layer 1 (K) 35
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=7 cm, Top=0 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Ice surface temperature layer 2 (K) 36
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=28 cm, Top=7 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Ice surface temperature layer 3 (K) 37
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=100 cm, Top=28 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Ice surface temperature layer 4 (K) 38
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=255 cm, Top=100 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Land/sea mask 172
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Logarithm of surface roughness length for heat 234
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Low cloud cover 186
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Low vegetation cover 27
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Mean sea-level pressure (Pa) 151
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Medium cloud cover 187
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Near IR albedo for diffuse radiation 18
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Near IR albedo for direct radiation 17
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Photosynthetically active radiation at the surface (W m-2) 58
• Ground or water surface  2003-10-07 00:00 to 2003-12-31 18:00
Sea surface temperature (K) 34
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Sea-ice cover 31
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Skin reservoir content (m of water) 198
• Ground or water surface  1998-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Skin temperature (K) 235
• Ground or water surface  1998-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Slope of sub-gridscale orography 163
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Snow albedo 32
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Snow density (kg m-3) 33
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Snow depth (m of water equivalent) 141
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil temperature level 1 (K) 139
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=7 cm, Top=0 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil temperature level 2 (K) 170
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=28 cm, Top=7 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil temperature level 3 (K) 183
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=100 cm, Top=28 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil temperature level 4 (K) 236
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=255 cm, Top=100 cm  1997-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil type 43
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Soil wetness level 1 (m of water) 140
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=7 cm, Top=0 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2000-06-26 18:00
Soil wetness level 2 (m of water) 171
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=28 cm, Top=7 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2000-06-26 18:00
Soil wetness level 3 (m of water) 184
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 1993-10-04 18:00
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=100 cm, Top=28 cm  1993-10-05 00:00 to 2000-06-26 18:00
Soil wetness level 4 (m) 237
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=255 cm, Top=100 cm  1997-01-01 00:00 to 2000-06-26 18:00
Standard deviation of filtered subgrid surface geopotential (m) 74
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Standard deviation of orography 160
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Surface pressure (Pa) 134
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Surface roughness (m) 173
• Ground or water surface  1993-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Temperature of snow layer (K) 238
• Ground or water surface  2001-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Total cloud cover 164
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Total column ozone (kg m-2) 206
• Ground or water surface  1999-10-12 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Total column water (kg m-2) 136
• Ground or water surface  1998-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Total column water vapour (kg m-2) 137
• Ground or water surface  1998-01-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Type of high vegetation 30
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Type of low vegetation 29
• Ground or water surface  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
UV visible albedo for diffuse radiation 16
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
UV visible albedo for direct radiation 15
• Ground or water surface  2007-07-01 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Vegetation fraction 199
• Ground or water surface  2000-01-01 00:00 to 2000-06-26 18:00
Volumetric soil water layer 1 (m3 m-3) 39
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=7 cm, Top=0 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Volumetric soil water layer 2 (m3 m-3) 40
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=28 cm, Top=7 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Volumetric soil water layer 3 (m3 m-3) 41
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=100 cm, Top=28 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00
Volumetric soil water layer 4 (m3 m-3) 42
• Layer between two depths below land surface: Bottom=255 cm, Top=100 cm  2000-06-27 00:00 to 2008-12-31 18:00

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Summary for Grids in WMO GRIB0 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
Albedo (%) 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Climate deep-soil temperature (K) 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Climate deep-soil wetness (kg m-2) 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Deep soil temperature (K) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Deep soil wetness (kg m-2) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Dewpoint at 2 m (K) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Geopotential (m2 s-2) 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Land-sea mask 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Mean sea level (MSL) pressure (Pa) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Snow depth (m) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Soil moisture (m) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Surface pressure (Pa) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Surface roughness (m) 
• Ground or water surface  1986-07-15 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Surface temperature (K) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Temperature at 2 m (K) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
Total cloud cover 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1989-12-31 18:00
U wind at 10 m (m s-1) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00
V wind at 10 m (m s-1) 
• Ground or water surface  1985-01-01 00:00 to 1992-12-31 18:00

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