Independent Variables (Grids)

Pressure

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

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (0000 1 Jan) to (0000 1 Dec) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

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

Other Info

bufferwordsize

8

calendar

standard

CE

null

center

US Weather Service - National Met. Center

CS

null

datatype

doublearraytype

grib_name

SPFH

gribfield

1

GRIBgridcode

2

gribleveltype

100

gribNumBits

15

gribparam

51

gribvariable

51

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

months

standard units*

0.0833333333333333 year

history

root mean sq anom [ $integral dT$ ( NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel qa ) climatology ]

Averaged over T2[16 Dec 1948 - 15 Dec 1949, 16 Dec 2012 - 15 Dec 2013]
Averaged over Y[90N, 90S]

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 Reanalysis Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March, 1996

Last updated: Wed, 29 May 2024 07:29:02 GMT