The Annual NCEP/NCAR CD-ROMs are an easy way to acquire and access the Reanalysis output. A forty year collection would have over 25 GB of data! Much effort was spent in selecting the data in order to minimize duplication of information and to provide a usable set of fields. Besides the data, the CD-ROM is easy to use. Unfortunately one CD-ROM/year is too small for the complete Reanalysis archive, so please examine the contents to see if it suits your needs.
Cost will be $10 per CD with a per-order shipping/handling charge ($10 US, $15/30 foreign).
Comments: wesley.ebisuzaki@noaa.gov