ECMWF WCRP II Surface Data

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds111.2
	2.5 degree grid

FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape (January 1985 - December 1997)
     NetCDF (January 1998 - current)


GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)

LEVELS: Surface

FIELDS: Description                     Name    Units   Levels
        ---------------------------------------------------------
	Surface Temperature		TS	K	surface
	2 meter Temperature		T2	K	2m level
	2 meter Dew Point		DP2	K	2m level
	Surface Pressure		PS	Pa	surface
	Mean Sea Level Pressure		PMSL	Pa	mean sea level
	10 meter zonal wind comp.	U10	m/s	10m level	
	10 meter meridional wind comp.	V10	m/s	10m level	
	Surface Geopotential		PHIS	m^2/s^2	surface
	Orography (surface type flag)	ORO	0=ocean	surface
						1=land
						2=sea ice

TIMES:  2 times daily: 00Z, 12Z.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/CTGAN/S/

Filename: ET42yymm  where yy=year, mm=month
	One month (2 time steps per day) per volume.
	e.g. ET428501 contains data for Jan 1985.

     ET42yyyymm.nc  where yyyy=year, mm=month
	One month (2 time steps per day) per volume.
	e.g. ET42199801 contains data for Jan 1998.

Current holdings: January 1985 - December 2000

Other Products Derived from this Dataset:

• Monthly Means

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