ECMWF WCRP II 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: (Pressure)
	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:  2 times daily: 00Z, 12Z.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/CTGAN/U/

Filename: ET42yymmdd  where yy=year, mm=month, dd=day=01,06,11,16,21,26,or 31
	5 days (10 time steps) per volume (though not always for end of month).
	e.g. ET42850101 contains data for 85,01,01,00Z through 85,01,05,12Z.

        ET42yyyymmdd.nc  where yyyy=year, mm=month, dd=day=01,06,11,16,21,26,or 31
	5 days (10 time steps) per volume (though not always for end of month).
	e.g. ET4219980101.nc contains data for 1998,01,01,00Z through 1998,01,05,12Z.

Current holdings: January 1985 - December 2000

Other Products Derived from this Dataset:

• Monthly Means
• Climatologies (long term means)
• Time Filtered Means

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