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ECMWF ERA-40: T159 spherical harmonic gridded model level forecast data (spfm)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2004-02-24
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 8.02K Files | 23GB
Abstract

This dataset contains T159 spherical harmonics gridded, model level, forecast timestep data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA) 40 program from January 1958 to December 2001. ERA-40 followed on from the ERA-15 re-analysis project. Access limited to UK based academic researchers only. These data are GRIB formatted.

Citable as:  European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (2006): ECMWF ERA-40: T159 spherical harmonic gridded model level forecast data (spfm). NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/08ce7ca3941446ab9f66315d28a73631/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ECMWF, ERA, ERA-40, reanalysis, model, spherical harmonics grid, model level, forecast

Details

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Access rules:
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ecmwf-era-products.pdf
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were generated by the ERA-40 project at European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and stored within ECMWF's archives. The BADC then obtained a copy from the ECMWF archived and ingested into the BADC archives to aid wider academic use of these data.
Data Quality:
ECMWF quality controlled data.
File Format:
Data are GRIB formatted

Related Documents

 ECMWF ERA 40 website
 Encoding and decoding GRIB data (GRIBEX)

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

ECWF ERA-40 data assimilation system deployed on ECMWF Computer
Abstract

This computation involved: ERA-40 data assimilation system deployed on ECMWF Computer.
Input Description

None
Output Description

None
Software Reference

None
  • units: s**-1
  • names: Divergence
  • units: (0 - 1)
  • names: Fraction of cloud cover
  • units: ~
  • names: Logarithm of surface pressure
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • names: Ozone mass mixing ratio
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • names: Specific cloud ice water content
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • names: Specific cloud liquid water content
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • names: Specific humidity
  • units: K
  • names: Temperature
  • units: Pa s**-1
  • names: Vertical velocity
  • units: s**-1
  • names: Vorticity (relative)

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1958-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2001-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
  
-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
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Publishers (1)
Funders (1)