JWARS Atmospheric Data Set

Blowing Sand

Blowing Snow

Cloud Ceiling

Density Altitude

Dewpoint Temperature

Elevation

Evaporation Duct Height

Fog

Icing Intensity

Illumination

Pasquil Stability Index

Precipitation Intensity

Precipitation Type

Pressure Altitude

Pressure Reduced to MSL

Sea State

Snow Depth

Surface Duct Height

Temperature

Thunderstorm Probability

Total Cloud Cover

Total Precipitation

Turbulence Intensity

Visibility

Wind Chill

Wind Gust Speed

Wind U Component

Wind V Component

Spatial Resolution: 1.0 Deg

Temporal Resolution: 6 hr

Vertical Resolution:

Six Isobaric (mb) levels

Levels: 1000, 925, 850, 500, 250, 100

Three Cloud Layers

�Low� : Base < 2000 m

�Mid� : 2000 m < Base < 6000 m

�High� : Base > 2000 m

Surface

Cloud Amount

Cloud Base

Cloud Top

Cloud Type

Geopotential Height

Relative Humidity

Temperature

Wind U Component

Wind V Component

Surface Fields

Isobaric Fields

Cloud Fields

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