FNMOC 181x360 Monthly 500-mb Geopotential Height

Monthly means of the Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC) 6-hourly analyzed geopotential height field on a 360 by 181 global spherical grid (1 degree). Download or plot the data from the PFEL Live Access Server (LAS) (http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/las.html). For more information on the models used to compute these data please see: ᄋRosmond, T. E., 1992: A prototype fully coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Prediction System, Oceanography Vol. 5, No. 1, 25-30. ᄋClancy, R. M., 1992: Operational Modeling: Ocean Modeling at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center, Oceanography Vol. 5, No. 1, 31-35. [ Reference: PICES Scientific Report No. 18 2001, Proceedings of the PICES/CoML/IPRC Workshop on "Impact of Climate Variability on Observation and Prediction of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Changes in the North Pacific", http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report18/default.aspx. ] Deposited content: descriptive metadata only; underlying research data are not included.