Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (days since 1900-1-1) ordered (2100 31 Dec 1979 - 2100 1 Jan 1980) to (2100 30 Dec 2019 - 2100 31 Dec 2019) by 1.0 N= 14610 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.625E) to (0) by 0.625 N= 576 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 0.5 N= 361 pts :grid

Other Info

associated_files

baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_atmos_fx_GEOS-5_MERRA-2_r0i0p0.nc areacella: areacella_fx_GEOS-5_MERRA-2_r0i0p0.nc

cell_measures

area: areacella

cell_methods

time: mean

comment

""skin"" temperature (i.e., SST for open ocean)

datatype

realarraytype

file_missing_value

1.00000002E20

missing_value

NaN

original_name

TS

standard_name

surface_temperature

units

Kelvin_scale

standard units*

degree_Kelvin above 0

history

NASA NCCS_Dataserver CREATE_REANALYSIS MERRA2 day atmos ts

2018-05-12T21:28:55Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CREATE-IP requirements.
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped

References

Potter, G.L., L. Carriere, J. Hertz, M. Bosilovich, D. Duffy, T. Lee, and D.N. Williams, 2018: Enabling Reanalysis Research Using the Collaborative Reanalysis Technical Environment (CREATE). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 677–687, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0174.1

Last updated: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 14:40:51 GMT