atmos: Atmospheric data.

Description Usage Format Source

Description

Atmospheric data.

Usage

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Format

lat,long

Location of measurement. Evenly spaced 24 by 24 spatial grid from longitude 113.8W to 56.2W and from latitude 36.2N to 21.2S

year,month

72 points in time; once per month from Jan 1995 to Dec 2000.

surftemp

Mean Surface Temperature from Clear Sky Composite (ts): The monthly mean temperature based on the energy being emitted from the Earth's surface under clear sky conditions (in K).

temp

Mean Near-Surface Air Temperature (tsa_tovs): The monthly mean temperature of the air near the surface of the Earth (in K).

pressure

Mean Surface Pressure (ps_tovs): The monthly mean atmospheric surface pressure at a given location on the Earth's surface. (in mb)

ozone

Mean Ozone Abundance (o3_tovs): The monthly mean amount of total ozone in the atmospheric column (in Dobsons)

cloudlow

Mean Low Cloud Coverage (ca_low): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure greater than 680 mb or roughly less than 3.24 km.

cloudmid

Mean Medium Cloud Coverage (ca_med): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure between 440 - 680 mb or roughly 3.24 to 6.5 km.

cloudhigh

Mean High Cloud Coverage (ca_high): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure less than or equal to 440 mb or roughly greater than 6.5 km.

Source

http://stat-computing.org/dataexpo/2006/


nasaweather documentation built on May 2, 2019, 8:39 a.m.