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 (4.0) by 1.0 N= 4 pts :grid

Pressure Level (air_pressure)

grid: /P (hPa) ordered [ (200) (250) (500)] :grid

Forecast Start Time (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Feb 1981) to (0000 1 Jan 2017) by 1.0 N= 432 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

doublearraytype

fmissing_value

9.99999987E14

missing_value

9.99999987E14

pointwidth

0

standard_name

geopotential_height

units

m

vmax

9.99999987E14

vmin

-9.99999987E14

standard units*

meter

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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