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    • FNMOC 500 mb Geopotential Height, 360x181, Monthly, Lon+/-180

    Metadata Updated: June 10, 2023

    Monthly means of the FNMOC (Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center) 6-hourly analyzed geopotential height field on a 360 by 181 global spherical grid (1 degree). For more information on the models used to compute these data please see:

    Rosmond, T. E., 1992: A prototype fully coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction System, Oceanography Vol. 5, No. 1, 25-30.

    Clancy, R. M., 1992: Operational Modeling: Ocean Modeling at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Oceanography Vol. 5, No. 1, 31-35.

    ERD was established at the U.S. Navy Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) to take advantage of the Navy's global oceanographic and meteorological databases. FNMOC produces operational forecasts of the state of the atmosphere and the ocean several times daily and maintains archives of several important parameters, such as sea level pressure and temperature. ERD derives a number of well-known environmental data and index products which are routinely distributed to researchers at many state and federal laboratories, as well as to academic and international researchers.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 4, 2022 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 4, 2022
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 10, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 4, 2022 (creation)
    Responsible Party FNMOC, NOAA ERD (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid erdlasFn500mb_LonPM180
    Access Constraints
    Bbox East Long 179.0
    Bbox North Lat 90.0
    Bbox South Lat -90.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource [{"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}, {"title": [], "href": ["#DataIdentification"], "uuid": []}]
    Frequency Of Update
    Harvest Object Id 2d8b35cb-7afc-4cfc-926e-ec31660ab340
    Harvest Source Id 817069b7-5f4e-4664-9e6b-615af3dfcf2d
    Harvest Source Title Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory
    Licence
    Lineage Wed Dec 1 19:16:38 2021: ncks -F -d time_series,,278 500mbaves.nc 500mbaves_truncated.nc
    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-180.0, -90.0], [179.0, -90.0], [179.0, 90.0], [-180.0, 90.0], [-180.0, -90.0]]]}
    Progress
    Spatial Data Service Type ERDDAP griddap
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1998-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Temporal Extent End 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z

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