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Recent S-RIP News

JRA-55 tropical cyclone issue for the period 1959-1987

11 February 2020 | It was recently found that some tropical cyclones occurring over the Northeast Pacific and the North Atlantic from 1959 to 1987 were erroneously represented as anti-cyclonic vortices in JRA-55. See here for more information.

ERA5 and ERA5.1 (2000-2006)

6 February 2020 | The "ERA5.1" which is a revised reanalysis of ERA5 for the period from 2000 to 2006 is now documented: Simmons et al., "Global stratospheric temperature bias and other stratospheric aspects of ERA5 and ERA5.1".

Extension of submissions for S-RIP ACP/ESSD special issue through 2020

14 December 2019 | The end date for new submissions for the S-RIP ACP/ESSD special issue (acp; essd) has been extended (again) through calendar year 2020 (i.e., by 31 December 2020).

Reanalysis session at AGU FM 2019

10 December 2019 | A reanalysis session, "Progress in Reanalysis: Development, Evaluation, and Application", has been held at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. Program can be found here: oral; poster.

S-RIP at the SSG meeting

7 December 2019 | S-RIP activity and future plan were reported at the 2019 SPARC Scientific Steering Group Meeting. See here for the details.

ERA5T data, and ERA5 at NCAR/RDA

3 December 2019 | "ERA5T" data, i.e., preliminary data for ERA5 with a 5-day delay from real time, are included in the data set available at Climate Data Store. See this page for more information on ERA5T and the meaning of "preliminary". Also, ERA5 0.25 deg. grid data are avaialbe at NCAR Research Data Archive as well. See this page for the links.
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