Independent Variables (Grids)

lat (latitude)

grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.0 N= 91 pts :grid

lon (longitude)

grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid

time (time)

grid: /time (days since 1871-01-01 00:00:00) ordered (0000 1 Jan 1871) to (1800 31 Dec 2008) by 0.25 N= 201616 pts :grid

Other Info

actual_range

0.0
111.1

add_offset

277.66

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

54

GRIB_name

PWAT

level_desc

Entire Atmosphere Considered As a Single Layer

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Other

pointwidth

0

precision

2

scale_factor

0.01

standard_name

atmosphere_water_vapor_content

statistic

Ensemble Mean

units

kg /m²

unpacked_valid_range

-50.0
150.0

valid_range

-32766
-12766

var_desc

Precipitable Water Content

standard units*

kilogram meter^-2

history

created 2009/09 by Hoop (netCDF3)

References

Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, P. D. Sardeshmukh, N. Matsui, R. J. Allan, X. Yin, B. E. Gleason, R. S. Vose, G. Rutledge, P. Bessemoulin, S. Bronnimann, M. Brunet, R. I. Crouthamel, A. N. Grant, P. Y. Groisman, P. D. Jones, M. Kruk, A. C. Kruger, G. J. Marshall, M. Maugeri, H. Y. Mok, O. Nordli, T. F. Ross, R. M. Trigo, X. L. Wang, S. D. Woodruff, S. J. Worley, 2011: The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project. Quarterly J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1-28. DOI: 10.1002/qj.776.

Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, and P. D. Sardeshmukh, 2006: Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87, 175-190

Whitaker, J. S., G. P. Compo, X. Wei, and T. M. Hamill, 2004: Reanalysis without radiosondes using ensemble data assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1190-1200.

Last updated: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT