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Release of climate data based on the COSMIC satellites

DATE: 2013-06-10 14:08
TYPE: DATA

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Dear ROM SAF Data User

Issued: 2013-06-10 14:08 UTC

The ROM SAF is pleased to announce the release of a new set of climate data products, based on data from the US-Taiwanese satellite mission FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC. Launched in April 2006, the satellites still continues to make important contributions to the set of global RO climate data, even though their 5-year design life time ended in 2011.

This ROM SAF climate data set (products GRM-17 to 21) consists of zonal monthly means of bending angle, refractivity, temperature, humidity, and geopotential height, on a 5 degree by 200 meter latitude-height grid. The monthly data are delivered as CF compliant netCDF files that also incorporates related data: data numbers, error estimates, and comparisons to the ECMWF operational model fields.

The data can also be viewed on the ROM SAF Climate Monitoring pages , which includes time series plots for the full length of the climate data set, as well as various quality indicators.

Starting on June 10, 2013, the ROM SAF climate data set includes monthly data from January 2008 to June 2012. During the following weeks, the data set will be extended back to August 2006 and forward into 2013. After that, the climate data set will be continuously updated, lagging the stream of new observational data with less than 6 months.

User documentation and access to the climate products are available at the Product Archive.

With kind regards

The ROM SAF Team

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