Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T05:15:03Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 53 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AST13POL -180.0,-83.0,180.0,83.0 2013-01-31T05:00:00Z

This product is discontinued. The ASTER On-Demand Level-2 Polar Surface and Cloud Classification product provides a classification map discriminating between different surface and cloud features ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]Davis_OH_airglow 77.87295,-68.61233,78.07102,-68.5399180.49194,-69.57626,81.402756,-69.28406 1990-03-24T00:00:00Z 1990-10-09T00:00:00Z 1994-04-09T00:00:00Z 1994-08-05T00:00:00Z 1995-03-01T00:00:00Z 1995-10-24T00:00:00Z 1996-03-02T00:00:00Z 1996-09-22T00:00:00Z 1997-03-04T00:00:00Z 1997-10-22T00:00:00Z 1998-02-18T00:00:00Z 1998-10-25T00:00:00Z 1999-02-18T00:00:00Z 1999-10-24T00:00:00Z 2000-02-17T00:00:00Z 2000-10-26T00:00:00Z 2001-02-18T00:00:00Z 2001-10-23T00:00:00Z 2002-02-17T00:00:00Z 2002-10-25T00:00:00Z 2003-02-18T00:00:00Z 2003-10-27T00:00:00Z 2004-02-17T00:00:00Z 2004-10-22T00:00:00Z 2005-02-18T00:00:00Z 2005-10-26T00:00:00Z 2006-02-18T00:00:00Z 2006-10-24T00:00:00Z 2007-02-18T00:00:00Z 2007-10-24T00:00:00Z 2008-02-19T00:00:00Z 2008-10-26T00:00:00Z 2012-11-06T05:00:00Z

These OH rotational temperature data are derived from spectra collected with a Czerny-Turner scanning grating spectrometer operating at Davis station (69S, 78E), Antarctica (see Greet et al., 1998; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SSEC-AMRC-METAR -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-50.0 1998-12-02T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1999-11-17T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-09-03T04:00:00Z

The AMRC has been archiving general METAR observational data for the Antarctic and surrounding regions since 2 December 1998. In addition, raw format observations from McMurdo Station have also been ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SSEC-AMRC-SHIP_BUOY -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-50.0 1993-08-23T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1998-12-02T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-09-03T04:00:00Z

We have observations from three ships near Antarctica, the R/V Polar Duke the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer and the R/V Laurence M. Gould. Data from 23 August 1993 are available via ftp and the files are ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_ATLAS_SURFACE_MARINE_DATA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-02-23T05:00:00Z

This set of 9 CD-ROMs contains raw and objectively analyzed fields of surface marine anomalies of fluxes of heat, momentum, and fresh water along with other parameters of interest. Revised ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Extended_AVHRR_Polar_Pathfinder -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2012-01-31T05:00:00Z

This data set consists of AVHRR retrievals of surface and cloud properties as well as radiative fluxes for the period 1982 - 1999 over the Arctic and Antarctic at a 25 km resolution. The images times ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOGAPS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-09-30T04:00:00Z

The Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) data contains atmospheric and oceanographic parameters based on the 12-hour forecasts by the Hemispheric Primitive Equation Model and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOGAPS_COMP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-09-29T04:00:00Z

Four times daily global forcing fields from the US Navy NOGAPS model on 720X360 (averaged resolution of 0.5 degree) Gaussian computational grids. Notice: These are Gaussian grids, not evenly spaced ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0065 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-54.0-180.0,48.0,180.0,90.0 1992-04-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z

<h2 class='newsdate'>Please note that the machine on which these AVHRR data are processed has reached its life expectancy and will no longer be available as of 02 June 2008 until further notice.</h2> ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NSIDC-0027 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0-180.0,60.0,180.0,90.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1979-07-12T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-06-30T04:00:00Z

The TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) data set consists of gridded daily and monthly Arctic and Antarctic atmospheric data derived from various NOAA satellites. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SSEC-AMRC-SYN -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-40.0 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-05-31T04:00:00Z

The AMRC has collected synoptic weather observations (3 and 6 hourly) since January 1, 1997. These observations include a variety of information (temperature, dewpoint, barometeric pressure, wind ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AAOE87 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.0 1987-04-13T00:00:00Z 1987-11-23T00:00:00Z 2011-04-14T04:00:00Z

This CD-ROM contains data pertaining to the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE) which was based in Punta Arenas, Chile during August and September 1987. The data was primarily collected onboard ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLA10 -180.0,-86.0,180.0,86.0 2003-09-30T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLA11 -180.0,-86.0,180.0,86.0 2003-09-30T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument on the Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) provides global measurements of polar ice sheet elevation to discern changes in ice ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]csatho_0443556 2010-07-07T04:00:00Z

NSF OPP Grants 0443556 and 0443391 Collaborative Research: Science Opportunities for a Multidisciplinary Long-Range Aircraft for Antarctic Research The polar regions ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]1993_Polar_MM5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 2010-07-07T04:00:00Z

This gridded dataset consists of output from the Polar MM5, a version of the Pennsylvania State University / National Center for Atmospheric Research Fifth Generation Mesoscale Model (MM5; ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LSC_LYNDONSTATECOLLEGE -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2010-07-02T04:00:00Z

The Lyndon State College (LSC) Department of Meteorology server address on the WWW is 'http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/'. The LSC server features Weather Maps and Information ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GISS_GCSS-DIME_CFRP3 95.0,-65.0,-175.0,-5.0 1984-11-17T00:00:00Z 1984-11-19T00:00:00Z 2009-08-26T04:00:00Z

The Australian Cold Front Research Project (CFRP) Phase III case study focused on a cool change passage that took place over the south coast of Australia (approximate area ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]seaice_SO -76.0,-69.0,-68.0,-65.0 2001-07-27T00:00:00Z 2001-08-26T00:00:00Z 2001-07-26T00:00:00Z 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z 2002-08-01T00:00:00Z 2002-09-12T00:00:00Z 2002-08-03T00:00:00Z 2002-09-15T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

Sea ice, ice snow cover and meteorological conditions were observed on a near hourly basis along the ship's tracks, Jul-Aug 2001 and Aug-Sep 2002. Sea ice types ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00227 0.0,-90.0,0.0,-90.0 1957-01-01T00:00:00Z 1975-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Climatological Data for Amundsen-Scott, Antarctica is a historical publication archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This publication was a product of the U.S. Weather Bureau and the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Climate Data Library contains a wide variety of primarily oceanographic and atmospheric data sets. All of the data is available online and most ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00283 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-11-30T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Fleet Numerical Weather Center (FNWC) in Monterey, California since 1982 is producing a global data set from the Automatic Digital Information Network (AUTODIN). These data are hourly observations ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UNIDATA -125.0,20.0,-60.0,60.0-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

"http://unidata.ucar.edu/" Participation in the Unidata community allows users (primarily educators and researchers), to access data and visualization software to explore earth-system ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ACE1_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC -180.0,-30.0,-100.0,70.0 1995-10-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-25T00:00:00Z 2008-08-14T04:00:00Z

The Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-1) was the first in a series of experiments which characterized the chemical and physical processes controlling ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_93-028 130.0,32.7,140.5,40.6 1660-01-01T00:00:00Z 1899-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-07-18T04:00:00Z

The database consists of counts of number of days per month for each prevailing weather condition. Weather conditions recorded are: T1: Fine T2: Partly Cloudy T3: Cloudy T4: Shower ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO_GISS_MODELS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-06-30T04:00:00Z

Model output consists of surface diagnostics from an atmospheric model simulation that used Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) boundary conditions. See http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/projects/amip/index.php ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z

The Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) was initiated in order to coordinate and encourage the systematic study of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]OZ_BN-2 -180.0,-80.0,180.0,80.0 1978-10-31T00:00:00Z 1990-06-21T00:00:00Z 2006-02-17T05:00:00Z

This SBUV ozone data set consists of the following products: HDSBUV -- High Density Tape from SBUV (Level II, NSSDC ID: 78-098A-09D) CPOZ -- Compressed Ozone Tape (Level II, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MPI_FLUX -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 1979-12-31T00:00:00Z 2005-09-29T04:00:00Z

This data set contains climatological monthly means of heat fluxes and radiation budget over the global oceans, based on analyses of the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) for the period ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GFDL -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-07-28T04:00:00Z

One of several versions of global spectral models in use at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, ithis version of the GFDL model is applied primarily to climate studies. In its treatment of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_BMRC -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The BMRC model is a descendant of a spectral general circulation model first developed in the 1970s (cf. Bourke et al. 1977 , and McAvaney et al. 1978 ). This version is more recent than that used ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCC2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The CCC model is the second-generation version of a model first developed in the early 1980s for climate applications. The model is identical to the latest AMIP model exept for different initial ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCSR1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

Model CCSR/NIES AGCM (T21 L20) 1995 is based on a simple global atmospheric model first developed at the University of Tokyo (cf. Numaguti 1993), and further refined as a collaboration between CCSR ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CLIMBER2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

CLIMBER-2, is a model developed by the CLIMate and BiosphERe groupe-Climate System Department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). For the PMIP, CLIMBER-2 consists of runs ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CNRM2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The model is a version (Cycle 14) of the ARPEGE climate model, which is designed for use by the French climate community. (ARPEGE is the acronym for Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle: ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CSIRO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The CSIRO model is derived from earlier two-level and four-level spectral models based on the primitive equations expressed in conservative flux form (cf. Gordon 1981, 1993 ). For the PMIP, CSIRO ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_ECHAM3 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

This is the third in a series of models developed at MPI that derive from an earlier version (cycle 17) of the operational forecast model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GEN1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The global climate model used for PMIP is Version 1.02A of GENESIS (Global ENvironmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems). It has been developed at NCAR Interdisciplinary Climate ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GEN2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The global climate model used for PMIP is Version 2.0 of GENESIS (Global ENvironmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems). It has been developed at NCAR Interdisciplinary Climate Systems ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_LMCELMD4 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

LMCELMD4: The LMD model derives from an earlier version developed for climate studies (cf. Sadourny and Laval 1984) . Subsequent modifications principally include changes in the representation of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_MRI2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The MRI model is derived from an earlier version of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) model (cf. Arakawa and Mintz 1974 and Arakawa and Lamb 1977 ). Subsequent modifications include ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_MSU -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The MSU model was developed in 1989 for climate applications. The latest version of this model is significantly differ from the first version: a) it is used the simulation with seasonal resolution, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-012 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

GISS MODEL II NINE LAYER PALEOCLIMATE SIMULATIONS There are a number of different modern control runs for the paloeclimate experiments. It is important to be sure that the correct control run is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GISS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The GISS model used for the PMIP experiment is a modified version of Model II that is described by Hansen et al. (1983) . The current model (described by Hansen et al., 1997) differs from this predecessor ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UGAMP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The UGAMP model is based on the ECMWF (cycle 27) model (cf. Tiedtke et al. 1988 and Simmons et al. 1989 ), but with modifications principally in the treatment of radiation, convection, surface fluxes, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UIUC11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The 11-layer tropospheric/lower-stratospheric GCM is a descendent of the 2-layer atmospheric GCM developed in the late 1960's and early 1970's by Arakawa and Mintz at UCLA , and subsequently developed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UKMO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The UKMO HADAM2 model part of the line of Unified Models (UM) intended to provide a common framework for forecasting and climate applications (cf. Cullen 1993 ). The dynamical formulations are those ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_YONU -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The model extends the vertical domain and resolution of the AMIP baseline model YONU Tr5.1 (4x5 L5) 1994 by the inclusion of 2 more vertical levels. The method of obtaining surface values of air temperature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCM13 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-14T04:00:00Z

CCM3: The Atmospheric model is the fourth generation NCAR Community Climate Model (version 3: CCM3). The CCM3 is an evolution of the CCM2 as described by Hack and al (1993,1994) and CCM2 is the historical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AMPS_POLAR_MM5 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-65.0 2004-04-09T04:00:00Z

In support of flight operations and forecasters in Antarctica, we (NCAR MMM) are running the MM5 on a set of 90-km, 30-km, 10-km, and 3.3-km grids over Antarctica twice daily. Under sponsorship from ...