NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2, Climatology

Monthly Longterm Means (Climatology) from 6-hourly values: Gaussian Grid

The NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) is based on the widely used NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 is an improved version of the NCEP Reanalysis I model that fixed errors and updated parameterizations of physical processes. It 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 the Physical Sciences Division (PSD) at NOAA in its original 4 times daily format and as daily averages.

Reference:
NCEP-DOE 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.

Variables
Air temperature at 2 meters (degK)
Latent Heat Net Flux at Surface (W/m^2)
Precipitation Rate at Surface (Kg/m^2/s)
SST/Land Skin Temperature at Surface (degK)
U-Wind at 10m (m/s)
V-Wind at 10m (m/s)
Zonal Global by T62 Gaussian grid
Meridional Global by T62 Gaussian grid
Vertical Surface or near the surface, nominal top of atmosphere (NTAT), entire atmosphere as a column, cloud pressure levels
Please check the list of the variables (above) for levels of each variable  
Temporal Jan 1981 to Dec 2010 (Climatology) by 1 month(s)
Static? no
Volume 14MB each
Server public:
Source http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.gaussian.html 
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Monthly Longterm Means (Climatology) from 6-hourly values: Pressure Level

The NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) is based on the widely used NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 is an improved version of the NCEP Reanalysis I model that fixed errors and updated parameterizations of physical processes. It 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 the Physical Sciences Division (PSD) at NOAA in its original 4 times daily format and as daily averages.

Reference:
NCEP-DOE 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.

Variables
Air Temperature (degK)
Geopotential Height (m)
Omega (Pascal/s)
Relative Humidity (%)
U-Wind (m/s)
V-Wind (m/s)
Zonal Global by 2.5 deg
Meridional Global by 2.5 deg
Vertical 17 pressure levels (hPa): 1000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 70, 50, 30, 20, 10  
Temporal Jan 1981 to Dec 2010 (Climatology) by 1 month(s)
Static? no
Volume 135MB each
Server public:
Source http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.pressure.html 
Acquired Oct 8, 2012 (Updated Jan 2014)
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Monthly Longterm Means (Climatology) from 6-hourly values: Surface Grid

The NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) is based on the widely used NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2 is an improved version of the NCEP Reanalysis I model that fixed errors and updated parameterizations of physical processes. It 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 the Physical Sciences Division (PSD) at NOAA in its original 4 times daily format and as daily averages.

Reference:
NCEP-DOE 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.

Variables
Sea Level Pressure (Pascals)
Precipitable Water for Entire Atmosphere (Kg/m^2)
Zonal Global by 2.5 deg
Meridional Global by 2.5 deg
Vertical Surface (Pressure)
Sea Level (Sea level pressure)
Entire Atmosphere Considered As a Single Layer (Precipitable Water)  
Temporal Jan 1981 to Dec 2010 (Climatology) by 1 month(s)
Static? no
Volume 8.0MB each
Server public:
Source http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.surface.html 
Acquired Oct 8, 2012 (Updated Jan 2014)
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