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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel vtemp: Virtual temperature data

NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel vtemp.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Pressure
grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (1000) (925) (850) (700) (600) (500) (400) (300)] :grid
Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (Aug 2014) by 1.0 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
VTMP
gribfield
1
GRIBgridcode
2
gribleveltype
100
gribNumBits
13
gribparam
12
gribvariable
12
PDS_TimeRange
113
pointwidth
1.0
process
62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
scale_max
321.17999
scale_min
202.48
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
Kelvin_scale
standard units*
degree_Kelvin above 0

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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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic[ ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic PressureLevel[ ]
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :gridM
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :gridM
grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (1000) (925) (850) (700) (600) (500) (400) (300)] :gridM
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (Aug 2014) by 1.0 N= 788 pts :gridM
[ X Y | P T]MMMM


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 T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X Y P T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X Y P T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
Maximum over X Y P T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
Minimum over X Y P T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X Y P T | X Y X P X T Y P Y T P T | X Y P X Y T X P T Y P T | X Y P T |
Convert units from Kelvin_scale to

Note on units