Data Information Page from ArcticRIMS (http://RIMS.unh.edu) Title: NCEP Reanalysis ShortWaveUp Radiation Description: Gridded daily time step data from Ohio State University based on NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, interpolated from the NCEP/NCAR grids (~209km) (http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/) to the 25km Northern Hemisphere EASE-Grid using a bi-lagrange interpolation formula. As part of the data processing of ArcticRIMS (http://RIMS.unh.edu) based at the Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire all data sets have been aggregated to multiple temporal and spatial resolutions. Classification: Hydrology, Climate Author/PI: Vorosmarty, Charles, Richard Lammers and David H. Bromwich Contact Information for original gridded daily time step data: David H. Bromwich Polar Meteorology Group Byrd Polar Research Center The Ohio State University Email: bromwich.1@osu.edu Tel: (614) 292-6531 Web: http://polarmet.mps.ohio-state.edu/ O.S.U. Contact: Sheng-Hung Wang wang@polarmet1.mps.ohio-state.edu Contact Information for all spatially and temporally aggregated data in RIMS: Charles Vorosmarty Department of Civil Engineering The City College of New York Steinman Hall, Rm T-513 140th Street & Convent Ave, NY NY 10031 USA Email: cvorosmarty@ccny.cuny.edu Tel: (212) 650-7042 Web: http://crest.ccny.cuny.edu/ Richard Lammers Water Systems Analysis Group Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Morse Hall, Room 211 8 College Road University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824-3525 USA Email: Richard.Lammers@unh.edu Tel: (603) 862-4699 Web: http://www.wsag.unh.edu/ Temporal Coverage Begin Date (year-month-day): 1980-01-01 End Date (year-month-day): 2006-03-31 Spatial Coverage: Corner coordinates in Ease Projection (Units: Meters form N.P.) (Description at http://nsidc.org/data/ease/ease_grid.html) Minimum X: -4875633.612 m Minimum Y: -4875633.612 m Maximum X: 4875633.612 m Maximum Y: 4875633.612 m Corner coordinates in Geographical projection (Units: Degrees) (Description at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equirectangular_projection) Minimum latitude: 45.0 Minimum longitude: -180.0 Maximum latitude: 90.0 Maximum longitude: 180.0 Units: W/m^2 Aggregation Method: Average General Methods: A total of 13 variables based on the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis fields were supplied by The Ohio State University. Name Units Description Aggregation Method Precipitation kg/m^2/day (NCEP) Sum Vapor Pressure hPa (NCEP) Average Wind Direction (NCEP) Vector Wind Speed m/sec (NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (LongWaveNet-NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (LongWaveDown-NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (LongWaveUp-NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (ShortWaveNet-NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (ShortWaveDown-NCEP) Average Radiation W/m^2 (ShortWaveUp-NCEP) Average Temperature Deg.C (NCEP) Mean Temperature Deg.C (Maximum-NCEP) Mean Temperature Deg.C (Minimum-NCEP) Mean Arctic RIMS Contact: Richard Lammers Water Systems Analysis Group Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Morse Hall University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 Phone: (603) 862-4699 Fax: (603) 862-0587 Email: Richard.Lammers@unh.edu Web: http://wsag.unh.edu