Goddard Space Flight Center produced global IIIb tropospheric analyses for the First GARP Global Experiment's Special Observation Periods 1 and 2. The data captures atmospheric conditions from 1979. It was created by the SCIOPS organization.
Use Cases
- Analyze historical tropospheric pressure and wind fields for climate model reanalysis.
- Validate modern atmospheric models against the FGGE-era IIIb analysis data.
- Study global-scale weather phenomena during the 1979 Special Observation Periods.
Strengths
- Data covers two defined global observation periods from a major international experiment.
- Analyses were produced by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, a leading research institution.
Limitations
- Dataset is from 1979, representing a single historical year with potentially outdated collection methods.
- Specific row count, column details, and data resolution are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SCIOPS organization.
- Collection Method
- Tropospheric analyses generated for the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE).
- Time Range
- 1979, covering FGGE Special Observation Periods 1 and 2.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global coverage.