atmos {nasaweather}

Atmospheric data.

Description

Atmospheric data.

Usage

atmos

Format

lat,long

Location of measurement. Evenly spaced 24 by 24 spatial grid from longitude 113.8W to 56.2W and from latitude 36.2N to 21.2S

year,month

72 points in time; once per month from Jan 1995 to Dec 2000.

surftemp

Mean Surface Temperature from Clear Sky Composite (ts): The monthly mean temperature based on the energy being emitted from the Earth's surface under clear sky conditions (in K).

temp

Mean Near-Surface Air Temperature (tsa_tovs): The monthly mean temperature of the air near the surface of the Earth (in K).

pressure

Mean Surface Pressure (ps_tovs): The monthly mean atmospheric surface pressure at a given location on the Earth's surface. (in mb)

ozone

Mean Ozone Abundance (o3_tovs): The monthly mean amount of total ozone in the atmospheric column (in Dobsons)

cloudlow

Mean Low Cloud Coverage (ca_low): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure greater than 680 mb or roughly less than 3.24 km.

cloudmid

Mean Medium Cloud Coverage (ca_med): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure between 440 - 680 mb or roughly 3.24 to 6.5 km.

cloudhigh

Mean High Cloud Coverage (ca_high): The monthly mean percent of the sky covered by clouds with cloud top pressure less than or equal to 440 mb or roughly greater than 6.5 km.

Source

http://stat-computing.org/dataexpo/2006/