GEWEX-RFA Data Set Description Before attempting to submit data, please read "How to Participate" (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GEWEX-RFA/documents/how_to_participate.html) and the "File Convention" document (http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GEWEX-RFA/documents/data_format.html) for detailed instructions on the data submission process. Please maintain a copy of this form for each data product (defined by _ as in the "File Conventions" document) you submit to GEWEX-RFA, and submit an updated copy of the file with EACH upload. This file will serve as the documentation for the entire data product within the assessment effort. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Project Title: GEWEX-RFA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Data product name: NCEP-DOE-R2_Ed002 1) Contact for scientific questions about data Name: Shi-Keng Yang, (SKY), Ph.D. Address: WIS/Climate Prediction Center/NCEP W/NP53, World Weather Bldg. Rm 806B 5200 Auth Rd. Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304 Telephone: (301) 763-8000 ext 7559 E-mail address: mailto:sk.yang@noaa.gov URL: 2) What is the name of the original archived data set from which this GEWEX-RFA subset was produced? NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 3) Is the original archived data set currently available from another data center or web site? Yes If so, please list addresses or URLs: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html 4) Brief data description: A reference or URL for the complete original archived data set documentation, followed by a brief summary of features of particular relevance to the RFA submission (such as gap filling method), is the preferred approach. (Items of interest: input data streams, name of algorithm used to produce data, start and end time of data, gaps in spatial or temporal coverage, and data quality issues, etc.). http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html * The NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 project is using a state-of-the-art analysis/forecast system to perform data assimilation using past data from 1979 through the previous year. A large subset of this data is available from PSD in its original 4 times daily format and as daily averages. 5) History of updates and changes. If you resubmit a new version of any part of this data product to GEWEX-RFA, please use this space to record the reasons for the new submission (i.e., fixed error in ___ parameter; changed to area-weighted spatial averaging, etc.) Please specify the parameter(s) affected, new RFA number(s), and the date of the change. 6) Please provide a list of publications and journal articles pertaining to these data (if any); or a link to a bibliography for the product. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/reanalysis2/kana/reanl2-1.htm NCEP-DEO AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2): M. Kanamitsu, W. Ebisuzaki, J. Woollen, S-K Yang, J.J. Hnilo, M. Fiorino, and G. L. Potter. 1631-1643, Nov 2002, Bul. of the Atmos. Met. Soc. 7) If you would like a specific citation or acknowlegment when these data are used in a publication, please provide that here: NCEP_Reanalysis 2 data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ in any documents or publications using these data. 8) Please indicate below all data types currently included in the GEWEX-RFA archive for this data product. A) Top of atmosphere data products __X__ Maps (Parameters: ALWUP, ASWDN, ASWUP) __X__ Time series (Parameters: ALWUP, ASWDN, ASWUP) B) Surface data products __X__ Maps (Parameters: ALWUP, ALWDN, ASWDN, ASWUP) __X__ Time series (Parameters: ALWUP, ALWDN, ASWDN, ASWUP) C) Ground-based measurements _____ Time series (Parameters: list here) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atmospheric Science Data Center NASA Langley Research Center User and Data Services MS 157D 2 South Wright St. Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Tel: (757) 864-8656 Fax: (757) 864-8807 Internet: larc@eos.nasa.gov URL: http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/