FIRE Marine Stratus took place from 30 June through 19 July 1987 off the southwest coast of California . The experiment area extended from about 25N to 50N latitude and from 115W to 160W longitude.

This case study presents data from 30 June 1987 to 19 July 1987 and covers a region from 25N to 50N latitude and from 160W to 115W longitude.

6-hourly NCEP Reanalysis data are available here for certain pressure level, surface, and surface flux variables.

• Air temperature, Geopotential height, and U-wind and V-wind data are available at 10, 20, 30, 50, 70, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 mb.
• Relative humidity and Specific humidity data are available at 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 mb.
• Vertical velocity data are available at 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 850, 925, 1000 mb.
• Surface pressure, Sea-level pressure, Surface Temperature, Soil Temperature (0-10 cm), Soil Temperature (10-200 cm), Soil moisture (0-10 cm), and Soil Moisture(10-200 cm) data are available at a single level.
• A land/sea map and surface height map are also available.

You may:

• Download all NCEP levels and variables in one file

• Ftp selected files (ftp://gcss-dime.giss.nasa.gov cd to pub/FIREMS/NCEPINIT)
• Browse NCEP data for selected levels and variables
• Or view other sources if available

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