Complete Reanalysis Archive
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This CD-ROM contains only a small subset of the analyses produced by the 
Reanalysis Project.  Much effort was spent in deciding which fields would
be included on the CD-ROM; however, we realize that many research projects
will require data that is not included on this CD-ROM.  The major components
of the full archive are: 


             sigma level data
                analysis, first guess
                high precision which is often needed for budgets
             pressure level data
                analysis, first guess
             isentropic level data
                analysis
             3-D flux data (3 dimensional heating, and dissipation)
                6 hour average (very model dependent)
             various other fields
                ex. latent heat flux, rainfall, cloud forcing

All the above data are available with a 6-hour sampling frequency.


The official archive sites are the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (Boulder Colorado), and the National Climatic Data Center
(Asheville, North Carolina).  The data may also be found are other
places.  The full reanalysis archive can be obtained from:

   (1) Nat. Center for Atmos. Research, Boulder Colorado
   (2) Nat. Climatic Data Center, Asheville North Carolina
   (3) NOAA/CDC (Climate Diagnostics Center), Boulder Colorado

You may notice that NCEP is not on the above list.  NCEP is not a distribution
site because that job, as defined by statute, belongs to NCDC.  Of course,
NCEP has a copy of the data for internal uses/users.