Daily Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Analyses from 1964 to 1996

Labitzke's Daily Northern Hemisphere Stratospheric Analyses provide historical atmospheric data for the stratosphere. The dataset was created by Karin Labitzke and collaborators at the Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin, with records spanning from 1964 to 1996. It is now part of the comprehensive Berlin Stratospheric Data Series CD-ROM.

Use Cases

• Analyzing daily stratospheric temperature or geopotential height fields to identify major warming events.
• Studying long-term trends in stratospheric circulation patterns over the 33-year period.
• Validating climate model simulations of the Northern Hemisphere stratosphere using historical gridded analyses.

Strengths

• 33 years of daily temporal coverage from 1964 to 1996.
• Focus on the stratosphere, a critical atmospheric layer for climate studies.

Limitations

• Data is historical and not updated beyond 1996, limiting contemporary analysis.
• Specific variables, row counts, and spatial resolution are not detailed in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin (Karin Labitzke and collaborators).

Collection Method

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Time Range

1964 to 1996

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Hemisphere stratosphere.