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Name Template: PUB/MISSION/level1a/ecmwfp/ecmwfp_YYYY.DDD.HH.MM.UUUU_nc

DDDDay of year
HHHour
MISSIONMission ID (eight characters or less--champ, champrt, sacc, sacctst, etc)
MMMinute
PUBBase directory for the pub hierarchy
UUUUDuration of file in minutes
YYYYYear

ECMWF TOGA 2.5 degree Global Upper Air Analysis. The original GRIB format file is archived on NCAR mass store as dataset 111.2. It is converted to netCDF format upon copying to CDAAC.

Grid Data


Dj

  • Description:Latitudinal direction increment
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees

La2

  • Description:latitude of last grid point
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_north

T

  • Description:temperature
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degC

lat

  • Description:latitude
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_north

Nj

  • Description:number of points along a longitude circle
  • Data Type: long

E

  • Description:H2O vapor pressure
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: millibars

Z

  • Description:geopotential height
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: gp km

Ni

  • Description:number of points along a latitude circle
  • Data Type: long

level

  • Description:pressure level
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: millibars

Lo2

  • Description:longitude of last grid point
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_east

La1

  • Description:latitude of first grid point
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_north

lon

  • Description:longitude
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_east

Lo1

  • Description:longitude of first grid point
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees_east

Di

  • Description:Longitudinal direction increment
  • Data Type: float
  • Units: degrees