Development of a Gridded Data Base. Appendix A. The 3DNEPH Data Base. Appendix B. Analysis Data Base Summary. Appendix C. The Usefulness of the Gridded Conventional Data Base for Climatic Application.

摘要

With the advent of numerical analysis adapted to a large computer system, global automated analysis of a variety of meteorological parameters became operational at the Air Force Global Weather Central (AFGWC). At the USAF Environmental Technical Applications Center (USAFETAC), these gridded analyses are maintained as one of the historical data sets used by USAFETAC to support a wide variety of data application requests. The gridded analyses now used at USAFETAC are in two distinct forms and they include a global analysis of conventional parameters and a global analysis of the cloud scene at a variety of standard analysis times. This Technical Note describes the USAFETAC efforts in the development of these historical data bases. This report contains an explanatory appendix for each data base, Appendix A - 'The 3DNEPH Data Base,' Appendix B - 'Analysis Data Base Summary,' and Appendix C - 'The Usefulness of the Gridded Conventional Data for Climatic Application'. (Author)