TY - RPRT AU - F. Chevallier AU - S. Di Michele AU - A. McNally AB - This report summarises the characteristics of five databases that respectively sample the atmospheric temperature, water vapour, ozone, cloud condensate and precipitation simulated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts system. Each database contains 5000 profiles described on 91 pressure levels. Their potential applications include statistical regressions, the provision of first-guesses for inversion algorithms and the validation of various models, in particular in the field of radiation. BT - NWP SAF Technical Report C1 - Research CY - Shinfield Park, Reading DA - 12/2006 LA - eng M1 - 10 M3 - NWP SAF N2 - This report summarises the characteristics of five databases that respectively sample the atmospheric temperature, water vapour, ozone, cloud condensate and precipitation simulated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts system. Each database contains 5000 profiles described on 91 pressure levels. Their potential applications include statistical regressions, the provision of first-guesses for inversion algorithms and the validation of various models, in particular in the field of radiation. PB - ECMWF PP - Shinfield Park, Reading PY - 2006 EP - 14 T2 - NWP SAF Technical Report TI - Diverse profile datasets from the ECMWF 91-level short-range forecasts ER -