Independent Variables (Grids)

L (forecast_period)

grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (7.5 months) by 1.0 N= 8 pts :grid

M (realization)

grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (12.0) by 1.0 N= 12 pts :grid

S (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Jan 1982) to (0000 1 Jul 2012) by 1.0 N= 367 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 1.0 N= 181 pts :grid

Other Info

datatype

realarraytype

missing_value

-999.0

pointwidth

0

standard_name

sea_surface_temperature

units

Celsius_scale

standard units*

degree_Kelvin above 273.15

References

Kirtman, Ben P., and Coauthors, 2014: The North American Multimodel Ensemble: Phase-1 seasonal-to-interannual prediction; Phase-2 toward developing intraseasonal prediction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, 585–601. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00050.1

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