NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Data, Water Vapor

NCEP_RE/surface_wv
Dataset Availability
1948-01-01T00:00:00Z–2024-12-16T18:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("NCEP_RE/surface_wv")
Cadence
6 Hours
Tags
atmosphere climate geophysical ncep noaa reanalysis vapor
precipitable

Description

The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project is a joint project between the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP, formerly "NMC") and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The goal of this joint effort is to produce new atmospheric analyses using historical data as well as to produce analyses of the current atmospheric state (Climate Data Assimilation System, CDAS). The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis 1 project is using a state-of-the-art analysis/forecast system to perform data assimilation using past data from 1948 to the present. The data have 6-hour temporal resolution (0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC) and 2.5 degree spatial resolution.

Bands

Resolution
278300 meters

Bands

Name Units Min Max Description
pr_wtr kg/m^2 -8.2* 89.8*

Total column water vapor
* estimated min or max value

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

There are no restrictions on the use of these datasets.

Citations

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var dataset = ee.ImageCollection('NCEP_RE/surface_wv')
                  .filter(ee.Filter.date('2018-08-01', '2018-08-15'));
var totalColumnWaterVapor = dataset.select('pr_wtr');
var totalColumnWaterVaporVis = {
  min: 0.0,
  max: 60.0,
  palette: ['0000ff', '00ffff', '008000', 'ffff00', 'ff0000'],
};
Map.setCenter(-158.2, 2.81, 2);
Map.addLayer(
    totalColumnWaterVapor, totalColumnWaterVaporVis,
    'Total Column Water Vapor');
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The NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Project is a joint project between the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP, formerly "NMC") and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The goal of this joint effort is to produce new atmospheric analyses using historical data as well as to produce analyses of the current …
NCEP_RE/surface_wv, atmosphere,climate,geophysical,ncep,noaa,reanalysis,vapor
1948-01-01T00:00:00Z/2024-12-16T18:00:00Z
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