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

-3.204
2.1730001

add_offset

21.766001

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

39

GRIB_name

VVEL

level_desc

sigma level 0.995

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Other

pointwidth

0

precision

3

scale_factor

0.001

standard_name

vertical_air_velocity_expressed_as_tendency_of_pressure

statistic

Ensemble Mean

units

Pascal /s

unpacked_valid_range

-11.0
8.0

valid_range

-32766
-13766

var_desc

Omega (dp/dt)

standard units*

kilogram meter^-1 second^-3

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