| # Dataset Card for Weather Analog Search | |
| ## Dataset Description | |
| This dataset contains processed MERRA2 (Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2) weather data focused on Western Europe. It includes two key variables: | |
| - Sea Level Pressure (SLP) | |
| - 2-meter Temperature (T2M) | |
| The data covers a geographic region bounded by: | |
| - Longitude: -15° to 0° | |
| - Latitude: 42° to 58° | |
| ## Time Coverage | |
| - Start Date: January 1, 2019 | |
| - End Date: December 31, 2021 | |
| - Temporal Resolution: Daily | |
| ## Data Format | |
| - NetCDF4 files | |
| - Each file contains a single day of data | |
| - File naming convention: MERRA2_SLP_T2M_YYYYMMDD.nc | |
| ## Variables | |
| - SLP: Sea Level Pressure | |
| - T2M: 2-meter Temperature | |
| ## Geographic Coverage | |
| The dataset covers Western Europe with: | |
| - 25 longitude points (-15° to 0°) | |
| - 33 latitude points (42° to 58°) | |
| - Spatial resolution: ~0.625° x 0.5° | |
| ## Data Source | |
| The data is derived from NASA's MERRA2 reanalysis dataset, processed to extract specific variables and geographic region of interest. | |
| ## Intended Use | |
| This dataset is designed for weather analog search applications, allowing users to find historical weather patterns similar to current conditions in Western Europe. | |