NCEP monthly means of surface fields

Kalnay, Eugenia

Experiment
Summary
The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project is an effort to reanalyze historical data using state-of-the-art models.
The reanalysis is done at NCEP (formerly NMC) using T62 (209 km) global spectral model of 28 vertical levels. This is the same model used in the assimilation system, as implemented in the NCEP operational system in December 1994. The model has 5 levels in the boundary layer and about 7 levels above 100 hPa. The lowest model level is about 5 hPa from the surface, and the top level is at about 3 hPa. This vertical structure was chosen so that the boundary layer is reasonably well resolved and the stratospheric analysis at 10 hPa isnot much affected by the top boundary conditions.
The details of the model dynamics and physics are described in Development Division (1988), Kanamitsu (1989), and Kanamitsu et al(1991). The model includes parameterizations of all major physical processes, i.e., convection, large scale precipitation, shallow convection, gravity wave drag, radiation with diurnal cycle and interaction with clouds, boundary layer physics, an interactive surface hydrology, and vertical and horizontal diffusion processes.
See http://dss.ucar.edu/pub/reanalyses.html for further documentation.
The data sets consist of monthly means of surface fields.
Project
NCEP (NCEP Re-Analysis Project)
Location(s)
World (general)
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Size
1.16 GiB (1243741322 Byte)
Format
GRIB
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
Cite as
Kalnay, Eugenia (2001). NCEP monthly means of surface fields. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://hdl.handle.net/21.14106/b6599c24593290529806bfb0cc4f7429412100ec

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assimilated data
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Cites

[1] Cubasch, Ulrich; NMC Development Division. (2001). NMC Development Division, 1988: Documentation of the research version of the NMC Medium-Range Forecasting Model.
[2] DOI Kanamitsu, Masao. (2001). Description of the NMC Global Data Assimilation and Forecast System. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1989)004<0335:DOTNGD>2.0.CO;2
[3] DOI Kanamitsu, M.; Alpert, J.C.; Campana, K.A.; Caplan, P.M.; Deaven, D.G.; Iredell, M.; Katz, B.; Pan, H.-L.; Sela, J.; White, G.H. (2001). Recent Changes Implemented into the Global Forecast System at NMC. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1991)006<0425:RCIITG>2.0.CO;2

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NCEP Re-Analysis Project

[Entry acronym: NCEP_GRB2D_MONTHLY] [Entry id: 20209]