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This part includes a brief description and the order forms
of this specific Data Set.
General
information:- The monthly mean of each member of an ensemble of forecasts
from 0000 UTC on the first day of each month for months 1 to 6 from 1987 onward;
- The standard deviation of the monthly mean of each member of an ensemble
of forecasts from 0000 UTC on the first day of each month for months 1 to 6 from
1987 onward;
- The monthly maximum of each member of an ensemble of forecasts
from 0000 UTC on the first day of each month for months 1 to 6 from 1987 onward;
- The
monthly minimum of each member of an ensemble of forecasts from 0000 UTC on the
first day of each month for months 1 to 6 from 1987 onward;
- The months
are the six calendar months for each forecast;
Description
:- The archive consists of two parts which are a hindcast archive
from 1987 to 2001 and a current archive from 2002 onward;
- The hindcast
archive for 1987 to 2000 has 5 ensemble members for each month except May and
November when there are 41 ensemble members; in 2001 there are 5 ensemble members
for January to April, June and July, 41 ensemble members for May and November
and 40 ensemble members for August to October and December;
- The current
archive (2002 onward) has 40 ensemble members for each month;
- Each value
at each level is stored as a field of grid point values on a 3.0 degree latitude/longitude
grid;
- Data are stored in FM 92 GRIB using sufficient bits to ensure that
the values represented can be retrieved to an accuracy consistent with the analysis
method used;
Fields available:
10m wind speed, coefficient
of drag with waves, mean wave period, peak period of 1D spectra, significant wave
height | Order forms :If you wish to make an order
from this data set please download the following two Acrobat (PDF) files :
| 1. Instructions and Standard Order forms (common
for all data sets): |
24 KB | | | | 2. Data
Set Order form (to select data from this specific data set only) : |
3 KB
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