Fundacion Entropika High Resolution Monthly Means of Atmospheric Variables over the Amazon Basin (1972-2009) version 1.0

This dataset holds the high resolution (0.5 x 0.5 deg; 8 vertical levels) monthly means of 5 atmospheric variables (air temperature, pressure, water vapour pressure, vertical velocity and horizontal wind speed) over the Amazon Basin for the period 1972 to 2009 (version 1.0). This data is public and citable (DOI: 10.5285/2dfce039-cd71-43b3-bed4-98978e78f1bb).

It was constructed using the predictive capabilities of Time-Delayed Neural Networks (TDNN) method. Thirty years of monthly averages of current climate data (1971-2000) of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis dataset were used to train the TDNNs, which were then validated on the next 10 years (2001-2010). Once validated, the downscaling model was fed with the higher resolution CRU TS3.1 data and SRTM-1km elevation data (thereby obtaining the higher resolution dataset).

Date (Publication): 2013-08-22T03:53:03

Date (Creation): 2013-08-22T03:53:03

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/242816b6bbc51d6db03afd9d5f5d2857

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 242816b6bbc51d6db03afd9d5f5d2857

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/2dfce039-cd71-43b3-bed4-98978e78f1bb

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Fundacion Entropika, Colombia		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Lafon, Thomas	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
Unavailable	Lafon, Thomas	Unavailable	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Fundacion Entropika
Amazon

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1972-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2009-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
The files are ASCII however these are structured in the ArcINFO format with the file extension .asc (i.e. the files can be read immediately in ArcGIS. Please see details of the File Format and units under "Docs".

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/242816b6bbc51d6db03afd9d5f5d2857	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/fe-amazon/data/version_1.0/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/fe-amazon/doc	FE Amazon metadata directory

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JD012481	T. Lafon, C. Cox, R.Beale, J. Fowler and N. Crook, 2013: Downscaling tropospheric observations of the Amazon basin using Artificial Neural Networks, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D20, doi: 10.1029/2009JD012481

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.entropika.org/en/index.html	Fundacion Entropika website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/fe-amazon/doc/version_1.0/File_Format_FE_Amazon_V1.0.pdf	FE Amazon v1.0 File Format Explained

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Compressed data files were submitted to the BADC in August 2013. Data files were extracted and archived at the BADC. Compressed files were also renamed to follow the BADC file name convention. The metadata was submitted as a text file to the BADC and archived in the doc directory. A DOI was issued for version 1.0.

Metadata

File identifier: 242816b6bbc51d6db03afd9d5f5d2857 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Fundacion Entropika High Resolution Monthly Means of Atmospheric Variables over the Amazon Basin
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-03-11T03:00:48

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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