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

5145.6001
17569.4

add_offset

31266.0

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

7

GRIB_name

HGT

level_desc

Tropopause

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Other

pointwidth

0

precision

0

standard_name

geopotential_height

statistic

Ensemble Mean

units

m

unpacked_valid_range

-1500.0
60000.0

valid_range

-32766
28734

var_desc

Geopotential height

standard units*

meter

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