Labitzke's Monthly Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Analyses, July 1974 to September 1996

This and later data is now completely contained in The Berlin Stratospheric Data Series cdrom [rda.ucar.edu/cdroms/karin_labitzke_strat_grids/], created by Karin Labitzke and Collaborators. If you acquire data from this cdrom, please acknowledge:K. Labitzke and Collaborators, 2002: The Berlin Stratospheric Data Series,CDROM from Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin. The data described below is retained for historical purposes.

It should be noted that analyses in the stratosphere are particularly sensitive to changes in instrumentation and analysis methods. The German methods have been quite stable.