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P mean [ NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel vpot ] : P Velocity potential data

P mean [ NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel vpot ] .

Independent Variables (Grids)

P
grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (962.5) (887.5) (775.0) (650.0) (550.0) (450.0) (350.0) (275.0) (225.0) (175.0) (125.0) (85.0) (60.0) (40.0) (25.0) (15.0)] :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

calendar
standard
CE
null
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
VPOT
gribfield
1
GRIBgridcode
2
gribleveltype
100
gribNumBits
16
gribparam
36
gribvariable
36
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
0.01 kilogram-1 meter3 second
history
Averaged over T[Jan 1949, Aug 2014]

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, 15 Oct 2014 14:33:17 GMT
Expires: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMT

Data Views

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Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information. Average over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
Maximum over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
Minimum over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X Y P | X Y X P Y P | X Y P |
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Note on units