CAC Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses

The Climate Analysis Center (CAC) of the U.S. National Meteorological Center (NMC) produced gridded analyses of temperature and wind in the atmosphere by combining the operational tropospheric analyses from NMC and radiosonde and rocketsonde observations in the stratosphere. Grids are available at mandatory pressure levels from 1000 mbar up to 0.4 mbar. Additionally, total-column ozone and longwave radiation are also included. Global coverage is achieved by combining the grids for the northern and southern hemispheres at each time step.

The Flattery analysis method was used through 26 July 1984, so the usefulness of grids in that period is suspect. After that time, the analysis method used was the same as for other NMC global operational outputs.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1978-09-24T12:00:00Z
    End:  1996-05-11T12:00:00Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1978-09-24T12:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 1996-05-11T12:00:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format DSS Octagonal Grid (Binary)
NCEP_ON84 (Binary)
Standardized Resource Format Binary
Asset Size 5809 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive
Distributor NCAR Research Data Archive
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email rdahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Research Data Archive

Author Gelman, Melvyn E.
Publisher Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 1985-10-04
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/G40S-0534
Alternate Identifier d067001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-08-04T02:10:21Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.rda::d067001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Gelman, Melvyn E.. (1985). CAC Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/G40S-0534. Accessed 13 January 2025.

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