Data · dataset · 2026
Evaluation of the Atmospheric and Hydrological Cycle in the NCEP Reanalyses
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
An evaluation is carried out of the moisture fields, the precipitation P and evaporation E, and the moisture transport and divergence in the atmosphere from the global atmospheric National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) reanalyses produced with four-dimensional data assimilation.
Description
The moisture fields are summarized by the precipitable water which is compared with analyzed fields from NVAP based primarily on Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) over the oceans and rawinsonde measurements over land, plus TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS).
The moisture budgets are evaluated through computation of the freshwater flux at the surface E - P using residual techniques from the divergence of the total moisture transport, and this is compared with the reanalysis E - P that is based upon a 6-hour integration of the assimilating model and thus depends on the model parameterizations. The P field is evaluated using Xie-Arkin Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) estimates.
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An atlas presents climatological means for the period 1979 to 1995 (17 years) and standard deviations for annual; seasonal and monthly values, and the differences between estimates. Anomalies for all the seasons throughout this period are presented for many fields.
Links
Get the data
- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7z037kg ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/evaluation-of-the-atmospheric-and-hydrological-cycle-i… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=c6b883f4-f112-4d2e-b99a-867ac5805… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Engineering · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | c6b883f4-f112-4d2e-b99a-867ac580560a | 10 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |