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COADS mean

COADS mean: Monthly average data for gridbox.

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Datasets and variables

specific humidity COADS mean shum[ X Y | T]
sea level pressure COADS mean slp[ X Y | T]
sea surface temperature COADS mean sst[ X Y | T]
air temperature COADS mean tair[ X Y | T]
zonal wind COADS mean u[ X Y | T]
wind speed COADS mean |u|[ X Y | T]
meridional wind COADS mean v[ X Y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1854) to (Dec 1992) by 1.0 N= 1668 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1E) to (1W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89S) to (89N) by 2.0 N= 90 pts :grid

References

R. J. Slutz, S. J. Lubker, J. D. Hiscox, S. D. Woodruff, R. L. Jenne, D. H. Joseph, P. M. Steuer, J. D. Elms. Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set: Release 1, number 268 pp., 1985

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