Independent Variables (Grids)

Lead (forecast_period)

grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (8.5 months) by 1.0 N= 9 pts :grid

Ensemble Member (realization)

grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (10.0) by 1.0 N= 10 pts :grid

Forecast Start Time (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Feb 2017) to (0000 1 Jun 2025) by 1.0 N= 101 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

file_missing_value

9.99999987E14

fmissing_value

9.99999987E14

iri_version

1

missing_value

NaN

pointwidth

0

standard_name

lwe_precipitation_rate

units

mm /day

vmax

9.99999987E14

vmin

-9.99999987E14

standard units*

1.15740740740741×10^-08 meter second^-1

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

Last updated: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 18:26:48 GMT