ECMWF TOGA Global Advanced Operational Surface Analysis,
four times daily from 1986-2004

This dataset was originally obtained from NCAR (ds111.1).
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This directory contains the following variables:
 ** U-wind at 10 [ms-1]
 ** V-wind at 10 [ms-1]
 ** Dewpoint at 2 m [K]
 ** Temperature at 2 m [K]
 ** Mean Sea Level (MSL) Pressure [Pa]
 ** Snow Depth [m]
 ** soil temperature level 1 [K]

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For detail information please see ECMWF111-1.html or
NCAR website: http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds111.1

For grads users, see data.ctl
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For FORTRAN users, please use following format
to open the files:

        parameter (lons=320,lats=160)
        dimension data(lons,lats)

        open(21,file='...',
     &       form='unformatted',access='sequential')

        do k=1,365*4     // (or 366*4 for 1988, 1992 ....)
        do iparam=1,7
        read(21) ((data(i,j),i=1,lons),j=1,lats)
        enddo
        enddo

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Contact: Yongsheng Zhang, e-mail: yshzhang@hawaii.edu
18 August, 2003