BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF hourly surface and upper air data for the SSA and NSA

Original publisher: Greenbelt, Md. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, [2000] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)66464590 Excerpt: ... The BOREAS certification level of the data. CRTFCN CODE Examples are CPI ( Checked by PI ), CGR ( Certified by Group ), PRE ( Preliminary ), and CPI-??? ( CPI but questionable ). The most recent date when the information in the REVISION DATE referenced data base table record was revised 7.3.3 Unit of Measurement The measurement units for the parameters contained in the data files on the CD-ROM are: AFM08 ECMWF SURFACE Column Name Units SITE NAME [ none ] SUB SITE [ none ] DATE OBS [ DD-MON-YY ] TIME OBS [ HHMM GMT ] FORECAST DATE [ none ] ATMOSPHERIC PRESS L31 [ kiloPascals ] U COMPNT WIND VELOC L31 [ meters ] [ second ^-l ] V COMPNT WIND VELOC L31 [ meters ] [ second ^-l ] AIR TEMP L31 [ degrees Celsius ] MIX RATIO L31 [ kilograms water vapor ] [ kilogram dry air ^-l ] SOIL TEMP 0 7 CM [ degrees Celsius ] SOIL WATER 0 7 CM [ fraction by volume ] SOIL TEMP 7 289 CM [ degrees Celsius ] SOIL WATER 7 289 CM [ fraction by volume ] SNOW DEPTH [ millimeters ] SURFACE PRESS [ kiloPascals ] NET SHORTWAVE RAD [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] NET LONGWAVE RAD [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] LATENT HEAT FLUX [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] LATENT HEAT FLUX SNOW [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] HEAT FLUX SOIL 1 2 [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] HEAT FLUX SNOW MELT [ Watts ] [ meter ^-2 ] WATER SNOW MELT [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] LARGE SCALE RAIN [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] CONVECTIVE SCALE RAIN [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] LARGE SCALE SNOW [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] CONVECTIVE SCALE SNOW [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] SOIL WATER 1 2 [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] RUNOFF 1 [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] DEEP RUNOFF [ kilograms ] [ meter ^-2 ] [ second ^-l ] CRTFCN CODE [ none ] REVISION DATE [ DD-MON-YY ] Page 11