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The NCEP–NCAR 50–Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD–ROM and Documentation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2001 · Vol. 82(2) · pp. 247–267

Robert Kistler(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)William D. Collins(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Suranjana Saha(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Glenn H. White(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)John S. Woollen(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Eugenia Kalnay✉(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Muthuvel Chelliah(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Wesley Ebisuzaki(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Masao Kanamitsu(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Vernon E. Kousky(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Huug van den Dool(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Roy L. Jenne(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)Michael Fiorino(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction)

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Abstract

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have cooperated in a project (denoted "reanalysis") to produce a retroactive record of more than 50 years of global analyses of atmospheric fields in support of the needs of the research and climate monitoring communities. This effort involved the recovery of land surface, ship, rawinsonde, pibal, aircraft, satellite, and other data. These

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