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Daily North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Index from NOAA/Climate Prediction Center

Entry ID: NOAA_NWS_CPC_NAO

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Summary

Abstract: [Source: NOAA Climate Prediction Center, http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ ]

The daily North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index is constructed by properly projecting the daily (00Z) 500mb height anomalies over the Northern Hemsiphere onto the loading pattern of the NAO.

The daily NAO index and its forecasts using MRF and Ensemble mean forecast data are available for the previous 120 days and they are normalized by standard deviation of the monthly NAO index from 1950 to 2000. A 3-day running mean is applied for the forecast indices.

Monthly and seasonal (JFM) mean NAO index data from 1950 are also available. See: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/pna/nao_index.html

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Description: Access to NAO documentation, graphics, and data.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: -35.0

S: -70.0

E: 110.0

W: 20.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2006-01-04

Stop Date: 2006-01-29

Location Keywords

OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL TEMPERATURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

FARMING

BIOTA

ECONOMY

ENVIRONMENT

Ancillary Keywords

DUDTMST

DUDTTRB

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (FTP)

Distribution Size: 560 MBytes

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS (Grid)

Fees: Free

Personnel

GLOBAL MODELING AND ASSIMILATION OFFICE

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: 301-614-6142

Email: data at gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.1

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

* Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina, 1996: Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1256-1271.

* Bloom, S., A. da Silva, D. Dee, M. Bosilovich, J.-D. Chern, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, I. Stajner, W.-W. Tan, M.-L. Wu, 2005: Documentation and Validation ...

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2007-06-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-08-09

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