, ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁and ▁Asia . ▁By ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁mad der ▁d ye ▁and ▁p ig ment ▁were ▁w ides p read , ▁but ▁they ▁remained ▁cost ly ▁and ▁time - consum ing ▁to ▁produce . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁▁ ▁Mad der ▁ ▁Al izar in ▁ ▁C rim son ▁ ▁List s ▁of ▁colours ▁ ▁Sh ades ▁of ▁red ▁ ▁Category : Sh ades ▁of ▁red <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁N CE P / NC AR ▁Re analysis ▁data ▁set ▁is ▁a ▁contin ually ▁updated ▁( 1 9 4 8 – present ) ▁glob ally ▁gr idd ed ▁data ▁set ▁that ▁represents ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁Earth ' s ▁atmosphere , ▁incorpor ating ▁observations ▁and ▁numerical ▁weather ▁prediction ▁( N WP ) ▁model ▁output ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁to ▁present . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁joint ▁product ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁Cent ers ▁for ▁Environment al ▁Pred iction ▁( N CE P ) ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Center ▁for ▁At mos pher ic ▁Research ▁( NC AR ). ▁ ▁( See ▁also ▁Meteor ological ▁re analysis .) ▁ ▁Access ing ▁the ▁data ▁ ▁The ▁data ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁free ▁download ▁from ▁the ▁NO AA ▁Earth ▁System ▁Research ▁Labor atory ▁and ▁N CE P . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁distributed ▁in ▁N etc df ▁and ▁G RI B ▁files , ▁for ▁which ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁tools ▁and ▁libraries ▁exist . ▁It ▁is ▁available ▁for ▁download ▁through ▁the ▁NC AR ▁C IS L ▁Research ▁Data ▁Archive ▁on ▁the ▁N CE P / NC