Data Information Page from ArcticRIMS (http://RIMS.unh.edu)
 
 Title:
 NCEP Reanalysis LongWaveNet 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
 
 Data Archiving:
 This ArcticRIMS data set has been permanently stored to the ARCSS Data Archive at NCAR/EOL (http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/arcss) with the support of National Science Foundation grants (NSF) OPP-0230243 and 
 Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes (NSF) ARC-0531354