oai:edu.ucar.rda:ds120.0 | Climate Data Guide

Dataset Name

ERA-40 Monthly Means of 2.5 Degree Surface and Flux Analysis Data

Metadata Identifier

oai:edu.ucar.rda:ds120.0

Start Date

1957-09-01

End Date

2002-08-31

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ERA40

Years of record

1957-09 to 2002-08

ERA 40 is a second generation reanalysis. It is the first reanalysis to directly assimilate satellite radiance data (TOVS, SSM/I, ERS and ATOVS). Cloud Motion Winds are also used. The result is better circulation over the tropics and southern hemisphere. However, unless comparing to previous ERA-40 based results, it is recommended that the 3rd generation…
Main variables and Earth System components
Atmosphere Air Temperature Geopotential Height Water Vapor
Formats

GRIB, netCDF

Timestep

Sub-daily, Monthly

Domain

Global

Collections

Diagnostic Data Sets, NCAR-DOE-CESM, atmosdiagnostics, Climate Analysis Section (CAS) Data Catalog
Experts contributing reviews

N/A

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