by Leanne Avila — last modified Jun 03, 2015 02:48 AM
Dataset | # profiles | # levels | Pmin | variables | data source | Contact/download |
TIGR v3 | 2311 | 40 | ? | P,T,q (O3 climatology) | radiosonde | LMD website |
ECMWF 50L | 13766 | 50 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q (O3 climatology) | model | ECMWF |
ECMWF 60L | 13495 | 60 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3 (+cloud/surface) | model | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
NOAA-88/89 | ~8000 | 66,101 | 0.005, 1 hPa | P,T,q | rocket/radiosonde | Chris Barnet, NOAA |
SeeBor V4.0 | 15705 | 101 | 0.005 hPa | P,T,q,O3 | mixed | SeeBor website |
UMBC | 49 | 101 | 0.005 hPa | P,T,q,O3,CO,CH4,N2O | radiosonde/? | Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset] |
Garand | 42 | 43 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3,CO2,CO,CH4,N2O | radiosonde/SAGE | Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset] |
CIMSS Ozone | 380 | 40 | ? | O3 | ozonesonde | Hal Woolf, CIMSS |
ECMWF trace gas | 43 | 90 | 0.005 hPa | CO2,CO,CH4,N2O | mixed | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download data] |
MOZART trace gas | 98304 | 67 | 0.005 hPa | O3,CO,CH4,N2O | model | Xu Liu, NASA |
COSPAR | 396 | 71 | 2.54e-05 hPa | T,wind | mixed | BADC website |
ECMWF aerosol and trace gas concentrations | 40000 | 60 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3,CO2,CH4 Aerosol mixing ratios of sulphate, organic matter, black carbon, sea salt, and desert dust | model | EUMETSAT NWP SAF website: 60L datasets from the MACC project\\ |
ECMWF 91L | 25000 | 91 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,Q,O3,cloud,surface | model | EUMETSAT NWP SAF website |
ECMWF 137L | 25000 | 137 | 0.1 hPa | P,T,q,O3,cloud,surface | model | EUMETSAT NWP SAF website |
Parent dataset | # profiles | # levels | Derived models/usage | Contact/download |
TIGR v2 | 43 | 43,90 | RTTOV,RTIASI,RTAIRS | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF |
ECMWF trace gas | 43 | 90 | RTIASI,RTAIRS | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF [download dataset] |
NOAA-88 | 32 | 40,42,101 | PFAAST, ? | Hal Woolf, CIMSS |
UMBC | 49 | 101 | SARTA,AIRS-RTA,Gastropod | Scott Hannon, UMBC [download dataset] |
ECMWF 50L | 117 | 43 | Model validation | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
Garand | 42 | 43 | Garand RT model intercomparison | Louis Garand, MSC [download dataset] |
ECMWF 60L | 52 | 101 | AIRS RT model intercomparison | Eumetsat NWP SAF website |
ECMWF 101L | 83 | 101 | RTTOV | Marco Matricardi, ECMWF |
Refer to the group's validation datasets web page.
by Yves Rochon (English version, French version)