Northern Hemisphere Cyclone Locations and Characteristics from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data, Version 1
Data set id:
NSIDC-0423
DOI: 10.5067/XEPCLZKPAJBK
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Version Summary
initial release
Overview
This data set comprises a 58-year record of daily extratropical cyclone statistics computed for the Northern Hemisphere. Cyclone locations and characteristics were obtained by applying the updated Serreze (1997) algorithm to daily Sea Level Pressure (SLP) data at six-hour intervals (Serreze and Barrett 2008). The SLP source data are part of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Reanalysis data set, an assimilation of various atmospheric data collected by a wide variety of sensors within a global weather model.
Parameter(s):
ANTICYCLONES/CYCLONESCYCLONESDIFFERENTIAL PRESSUREPRESSURE TENDENCYSEA LEVEL PRESSURE
Platform(s):
DMSP, ICESAT, NOAA-4
Sensor(s):
ALTIMETERS, SSM/I, VTPR
Data Format(s):
ASCII
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1958 to 31 December 2016
Temporal Resolution:
- 6 hour
Spatial Resolution:
- 250 km
- 250 km
Spatial Coverage:
N:
90
S:
0
E:
180
W:
-180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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