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

0.176
15.49

add_offset

32.765999

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis version 2

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

11

GRIB_name

TMP

level_desc

sigma level 0.995

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Other

pointwidth

0

precision

3

scale_factor

0.001

standard_name

air_temperature

statistic

Ensemble Spread

units

Kelvin_scale

unpacked_valid_range

0.0
65.530998

valid_range

-32766
32765

var_desc

Air temperature

standard units*

degree_Kelvin above 0

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: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT