Global Climatic Data for Surface, 800 mb, 400 mb: April

Abstract

The April global distributions of pressure, temperature, wind, and moisture have been taken from a variety of climatological sources and formats, for reconstruction at the surface, 800 mb, and 400 mb to facilitate comparison with integrations from the Mintz-Arakawa two-level model. These data are supplemented by presentations of the global distributions of cloudiness, planetary and surface albedo, long-wave radiation, evaporation, precipitation, and selected elements of the surface heat balance. All data are presented on a global grid of 4 degrees latitude by 5 degrees longitude, in the form of both tabulated values and machine-analyzed maps. The corresponding zonal and global averages are also given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0780680

Entities

People

  • C. Schutz
  • W. L. Gates

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Cloud Cover
  • Dew Point
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Grids
  • Heat Balance
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Latent Heat
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Solar Radiation
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology