Independent Variables (Grids)

Pressure

grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (1000) (925) (850) (700) (600) (500) (400) (300) (250) (200) (150) (100)] :grid

Time (time)

grid: /T (days since 1960-01-01) ordered [ (Jan 1949) (Feb 1949) (Mar 1949) ... (Aug 2014)] N= 788 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize

4

calendar

standard

center

US Weather Service - National Met. Center

datatype

realarraytype

grib_name

VVEL

gribfield

1

GRIBgridcode

2

gribleveltype

100

gribNumBits

13

gribparam

39

gribvariable

39

PDS_TimeRange

113

pointwidth

1.0

process

62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run

PTVersion

2

scale_max

0.7757

scale_min

-0.4973

subcenter

NCEP Ensemble Products

units

Pa /s

standard units*

kilogram meter^-1 second^-3

References

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, A. Leetmaa, B