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

186.2
508.29999

add_offset

3276.6001

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

10

GRIB_name

TOZNE

level_desc

Entire Atmosphere Considered As a Single Layer

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Other

pointwidth

0

precision

1

scale_factor

0.1

standard_name

equivalent_thickness_at_top_of_atmosphere_o3_content

statistic

Ensemble Mean

units

Dobsons

unpacked_valid_range

0.0
750.0

valid_range

-32766
-25266

var_desc

total columnar ozone

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