Atmospheric Sand and Dust Storm Forecasts

Abstract:
CUACE is a regional sand and dust prediction model with 54km horizontal resolution and 23 levels in the vertical. The prediction product in NetCDF format AND with 72hours forecast length at 3h interval.

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Metadata Information

General

General information section
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fileIdentifier/identifierurn:x-wmo:md:cn.cma.wmc-bj::sds_cuace_dust
languageeng
characterSetutf8
hierarchyLeveldataset
hierarchyLevelName
  • Centers>CHINA>WMC
contactsee section contact (role: pointOfContact)
dateStamp 2019-08-16T00:00:00Z
metadataStandardNameWMO Core Metadata Profile of ISO 19115 (WMO Core), 2003/Cor.1:2006 (ISO 19115), 2007 (ISO/TS 19139)
metadataStandardVersion1.3
referenceSystemInfoWGS 84
metadataExtensionInfo

identificationInfo

Identification information section
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citation
  • title:
    • Atmospheric Sand and Dust Storm Forecasts
  • dates:
  • fileIdentifier:
  • citedResponsibleParty:
    • see section contact (role: distributor)
  • presentationForm:
    • documentDigital
  • otherCitationDetails:
abstract see above
status
purpose
pointOfContactsee section contact (role: originator)
graphicOverview
resourceMaintenance
  • maintenanceAndUpdateFrequency:
    • continual
  • updateScope:
    • dataset
  • maintenanceNote:
descriptiveKeywords:
  • theme (uuidref=theme):
    • Dust
    • Sand
    • CUACE
    • meteorology
  • place (uuidref=place):
    • Eurasia
  • temporal (uuidref=TemporalInfo):
    • Daily
resourceConstraints
  • MD_Constraints:
    • useLimitation:
  • MD_LegalConstraints:
    • accessConstraints:
    • useConstraints: otherRestrictions
    • otherConstraints: No Constraints
languageeng
characterSetutf8
topicCategoryclimatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
extentboundingExtent
  • description:
    • Geographic bounding box that covers the area of product/data.(Lat: 12 to 60 N; Lon: 35 to 150E)
  • geographicElement:
    • westBoundLongitude: 35
    • eastBoundLongitude: 150
    • southBoundLatitude: 12
    • northBoundLatitude: 60
  • temporalElement:
    • beginPosition:
    • endPosition: (indeterminatePosition = )

Contact

Role: pointOfContact

Contact information section
AttributeValue
individualNameGao Feng
organisationNameNational Meteorological Information Center, CMA
contactInfo
  • address:
    • 46 Zhongguancun Nandajie
      100081Beijing
      China
  • email:

Role: distributor

AttributeValue
individualName Wang Peng
organisationName National Meteorological Information Center, CMA
positionName
contactInfo
  • address:
    • 46 Zhongguancun Nandajie
      100081 Beijing
      China
  • phone:
  • email:
  • onlineResource:

Role: originator

Originator information section
AttributeValue
organisationNameCMA Numerical Prediction Center
contactInfo
  • phone:
    • 86-10-68407220
  • facsimile:
  • address:
    • 46 Zhongguancun Nandajie
      100081Beijing
      China
  • email:
  • onlineResource:

contentInfo

Content information section
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CoverageDescription:
  • attributeDescription
  • contentType

distributionInfo

Distribution information section
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distributionFormat
  • name:
    • NetCDF
  • version:
    • (gco:nilReason=)
  • specification:
transferOptions (onLine)
  • linkage/ URL:
  • protocol:
  • name:
  • description:

dataQualityInfo

Data Quality information section
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scopedataset
report
  • title:
  • date ():
  • explanation:
  • pass:
lineage
  • statement:
    • Basic data is provided by MDSS real-time database of Nationla Meteorlogical Information Center(NMIC) with data quality code.
  • processStep: