CERA - entry information for ERA40_SFC00

General Information

Acronym	ERA40_SFC00_MS
Name	ERA40_SFC00_MS: monthly means of four daily values (00,06,12,18 UTC)
Type	experiment
Progress	complete
Project(s)	ECMWF Re-Analysis Project 40 (ERA40)
Summary	The reanalysis project of the ECMWF (ecmwf.int) ERA-40 covers the 45 years period from Sep 1957 to Aug 2002. So it includes the period of the earlier ERA-15 reanalysis. The main objective is to promote the use of global analyses of the state of the atmosphere, land and surface conditions. The datasets of this experiment contain the four monthly means of the 30 (28,29,31 respectively) daily values (at 00,06,12,18 UTC separately).
Keyword(s)	ECMWF
Creation date	17/05/2005

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Quality

Location & Coverage

Location	World; Latitude: -90.0 to 90.0; Longitude: 0.0 to 360.0

Spatial coverage	Latitude: -90.0 to 90.0; Longitude: 0.0 to 360.0; Altitude: -2.89 m to 10.0 m
Temporal coverage	1/9/1957 - 31/8/2002 (calendrical)

Citation, Contacts & References

Citation
Uppala, 2005: ERA40_SFC00_MS: monthly means of four daily values (00,06,12,18 UTC). World Data Center for Climate. CERA-DB "ERA40_SFC00_MS" http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=ERA40_SFC00_MS

Contact Type	Institute	Person
investigator	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts	Sakari Uppala
metadata	Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie	Dr. Frank Toussaint
metadata reviewer	Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie	Hans-Hermann Winter

Reference Title	Publication date	Details
The Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) Documentation	01/01/2003

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