CAC Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses

The Climate Analysis Center (CAC) of the U.S. National Meteorological Center (NMC) produced gridded analyses of temperature and wind in the atmosphere by combining the operational tropospheric analyses from NMC and radiosonde and rocketsonde observations in the stratosphere. Grids are available at mandatory pressure levels from 1000 mbar up to 0.4 mbar. Additionally, total-column ozone and longwave radiation are also included. Global coverage is achieved by combining the grids for the northern and southern hemispheres at each time step. The Flattery analysis method was used through 26 July 1984, so the usefulness of grids in that period is suspect. After that time, the analysis method used was the same as for other NMC global operational outputs.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1978-09-24T1200+00
    End:  1996-05-11T1200+00

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1978-09-24T1200+00
Temporal Range End 1996-05-11T1200+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format DSS Octagonal Grid
NCEP ON84
Standardized Resource Format OTHER
Asset Size 5809.627 MB
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Author Gelman, Melvyn E.
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1985-10-04
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/G40S-0534
Alternate Identifier d067001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:19:09Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d067001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Gelman, Melvyn E.. (1985). CAC Global Tropospheric and Stratospheric Analyses. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/G40S-0534. Accessed 25 October 2025.

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