BAD/SUSPICIOUS ECMWF DATA
(See also NCAR Tech Note 300, "ECMWF Global Analyses 1979-1986", by
Trenberth and Olson, especially Appendix II)
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REGIONS
SH 90 deg S - 20 deg S
TR 20 deg S - 20 deg N
NH 20 deg N - 90 deg N
GL Global
FLAGS
M analyses are missing
0 analyses are suspect
1 analyses have some clear problems and should be rejected
2 totally meaningless analyses
* flagged as being suspicious by ECMWF themselves (no indication
of which region is affected)
DATASET
WC1 WCRP archive at T106 Spherical Harmonics, 4x daily
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DATE DATASET FIELD LEVEL REGION FLAG
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1985
1/ 1 00Z - 12/31 18Z WC1 ALL 100-10MB GL 1
4/23 06Z - 4/23 12Z WC1 ALL ALL GL M
4/24 06Z - 4/24 12Z WC1 ALL ALL GL M
4/29 18Z - 4/30 18Z WC1 ALL ALL GL M
6/13 18Z WC1 ALL ALL GL M
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1986
1/ 1 00Z - 5/12 18Z WC1 ALL 100-10MB GL 1
3/16 12Z WC1 ALL 500-200MB SH 1
5/ 4 12Z WC1 ALL 500-200MB SH 1
6/12 00Z - 6/19 12Z WC1 U,V,T 10MB SH,TR 1
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1987
4/01 18Z WC1 ALL ALL GL M
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1988
7/20 00Z - 8/ 1 12Z WC1 U,V,T 10-70MB SH 1
7/20 00Z - 8/ 1 12Z WC1 OMEGA 10-150MB SH 1
7/20 00Z - 8/ 1 12Z WC1 ZA 10MB SH 1
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