The Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) took place from 1 June through 25 June 1992 off the northwest coast of Africa near the Azores, Madeira and Canary Island groups. The experiment area extended from 10N to 45N latitude and 40W to 10E longitude.
The data presented here are from 1 June 1992 to 25 June 1992 and cover a region from 10N to 45N latitude and from 40W to 10E longitude.
Selected variables from the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis are available here for display as GIF images, or for downloading to your local disk. If you are downloading data, please see the browse data format description. Also take note of the version and reference information. The full documentation for the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis data can be found at the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis webpage.
If you are downloading multiple files, please use the GCSS-DIME ftp site (ftp gcss-dime.giss.nasa.gov/pub/ASTEX/NCEP).
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