TOVS Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) Derived Arctic Winds https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.214 Summary The TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) derived wind dataset consists of gridded daily wind fields north of 60 degrees latitude. The dataset is gridded at 100km spatial resolution on an Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE-Grid). Daily Northern Hemisphere data are available from July 1979 through December 2005. The dataset is derived from TOVS Path-P temperature profiles, combined with the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Reanalysis-1 10m winds and surface pressure. The dataset was derived based on the method described in Zou and Van Woert (2002) for the Antarctic and extended to the Arctic region in Francis et al. (2005). The wind vector is calculated for 7 levels at each grid point using the standard thermal wind equation, TOVS temperature profiles and the NCEP 10m winds. The data is further corrected using a Lagrange Multiplier approach subject to a mass conservation constraint appropriate for the pole. The dataset was derived at the Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. It includes NCEP 10m winds (corrected) and surface pressure linearly interpolated to the EASE grid, as well as derived wind data at 7 levels. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.214 * doi:10.5065/D6G44NDD https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G44NDD Versions 1.0 Citation Francis, J., et al. 2009. TOVS Polar Pathfinder (Path-P) Derived Arctic Winds. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G44NDD Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS Additional information * Spatial Type: grid * Frequency: daily * Language: English ISO Topic Categories * geoscientificInformation Categories * Arctic * Models/Analyses * Satellite * Upper Air Platforms * NOAA POES * Reanalysis Models Instruments * TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder - TOVS GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE Documentation * Francis_TOVS_winds_Jcli_final.pdf [1007 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41A6C4DE891/Francis_TOVS_winds_Jcli_final.pdf * readme.txt [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41A6C4DE75C/readme.txt * Zou_VanWoert_2002.pdf [738 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41A6C4DE869/Zou_VanWoert_2002.pdf Related links * download: NSF Arctic Data Center https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G44NDD * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * info: TOVS Temperature Profiles http://psc.apl.washington.edu/pathp/ Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1979-07-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2005-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 60.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Elias Hunter https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/734 Additional contact information * author: Jennifer Francis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/952 * author: Elias Hunter https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/734 * author: Cheng-Zhi Zou https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1029 * originator: Elias Hunter https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/734 * principalInvestigator: Jennifer Francis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/952 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.214?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.214?format=isotc211