NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 DAILY Diagnostic middle-cloud cld: cloud cover data

DAILY Diagnostic middle-cloud cloud cover from NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1: Climate Data Assimilation System I; NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (days since 1948-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (1 Sep 1998) to (15 Jun 2025) by 1.0 N= 9785 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1.875W) by 1.875 N= 192 pts :grid
Latitude (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

Other Info

bufferwordsize
4
calendar
standard
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
TCDC
gribfield
1
gribleveltype
224
gribNumBits
7
gribparam
71
gribvariable
71
missing_value
9.99900026E20
PDS_TimeRange
3
pointwidth
1.0
process
(180) 62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
scale_max
100.0
scale_min
0.0
standard_name
cloud_area_fraction
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
percent
standard units*
0.01

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

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