ECMWF TOGA/WCRP Uninitialized Data - 4 times daily

SOURCE: Data Support Section Dataset ds111.0
	Spherical harmonics on a T106 grid (T63 prior to April 1985).

FORMAT: Pressure Level History Tape (PTP1) prior to 1993.
	CCM2 History Tape starting January 1993.

GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)

LEVELS: (Pressure - mb)
	1000,(925),850,700,500,400,300,250,200,150,100,70,50,30,10
	The 925mb level exists only for 1992 and later.

FIELDS: Description                     Name    Units   Levels
        ---------------------------------------------------------
	Zonal Wind Component		U	m/s	all 
	Meridional Wind Component	V	m/s	all
	Vertical Pressure Velocity	OMEGA	Pa/s	all
	Geopotential Height		ZA	m	all
	Temperature			T	K	all
	Relative Humidity		RH	percent	all
	Specific Humidity		Q	kg/kg	all
	Surface Pressure		PS	Pa	surface
	Surface Geopotential		PHIS	m^2/s^2	surface
	Orography (surface type flag)	ORO	0=ocean	surface
						1=land
						2=sea ice

TIMES:  4 times daily: 00Z, 06Z, 12Z, 18Z.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/CTEC/

Filename: ET42yymmdd  where yy=year, mm=month, dd=day=01,04,07,10,13,16,19,22,25,28, or 31
	3 days (12 time steps) per volume (though not always for end of month).
	e.g. ET42850101 contains data for 85,01,01,00Z through 85,01,03,18Z.

Current holdings: January, 1985 - December, 1997

Other Products Related to this Dataset:

• Monthly Means
• Long-Term Means (Climatologies)

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