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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 DAILY Diagnostic above_ground qa: Specific humidity data

DAILY Diagnostic above_ground qa Specific humidity from NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1: Climate Data Assimilation System I; NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (days since 1948-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (1 Jan 1948) to (16 May 2012) by 1.0 N= 23513 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.0) to (1.875W) by 1.875 N= 192 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered [ (88.54196N) (86.65315N) (84.75323N) (82.85076N) (80.94736N) (79.04349N) (77.13936N) (75.23506N) (73.33066N) (71.42619N) (69.52167N) (67.6171N) (65.71251N) (63.8079N) (61.90326N) (59.99861N) (58.09395N) (56.18928N) (54.28461N) (52.37991N) (50.47522N) (48.57052N) (46.66582N) (44.76111N) (42.8564N) (40.95169N) (39.04697N) (37.14225N) (35.23753N) (33.33281N) (31.42808N) (29.52336N) (27.61863N) (25.7139N) (23.80917N) (21.90444N) (19.99971N) (18.09498N) (16.19024N) (14.28551N) (12.38078N) (10.47604N) (8.571308N) (6.666573N) (4.761838N) (2.857103N) (0.9523677N) (0.9523677S) (2.857103S) (4.761838S) (6.666573S) (8.571308S) (10.47604S) (12.38078S) (14.28551S) (16.19024S) (18.09498S) (19.99971S) (21.90444S) (23.80917S) (25.7139S) (27.61863S) (29.52336S) (31.42808S) (33.33281S) (35.23753S) (37.14225S) (39.04697S) (40.95169S) (42.8564S) (44.76111S) (46.66582S) (48.57052S) (50.47522S) (52.37991S) (54.28461S) (56.18928S) (58.09395S) (59.99861S) (61.90326S) (63.8079S) (65.71251S) (67.6171S) (69.52167S) (71.42619S) (73.33066S) (75.23506S) (77.13936S) (79.04349S) (80.94736S) (82.85076S) (84.75323S) (86.65315S) (88.54196S)] :grid
Height
grid: /Z (m_above_gnd) ordered [ (2)] :grid

Other Info

calendar
standard
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
SPFH
gribleveltype
105
gribNumBits
8
gribparam
51
PDS_TimeRange
113
process
62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
scale_max
0.0284
scale_min
0.0
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
unitless

References

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, A. Leetmaa, B. Reynolds, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K. C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March, 1996

Last updated: Sat, 19 May 2012 06:47:32 GMT