Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (16 Jan 1949 - 15 Feb 1949) to (16 Jul 2014 - 15 Aug 2014) by 1.0 N= 787 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

PRES

gribfield

1

GRIBgridcode

2

gribleveltype

1

gribNumBits

16

gribparam

1

gribvariable

1

PDS_TimeRange

113

pointwidth

1.0

process

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

PTVersion

2

subcenter

NCEP Ensemble Products

units

12 kilogram meter^-1 second^-2 year^-1

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. Reynolds, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K. C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reana