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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 DAILY Intrinsic sigma POT: Potential temperature data

DAILY Intrinsic sigma POT Potential temperature from NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1: Climate Data Assimilation System I; NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (days since 2002-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (1 Jan 2002) to (22 May 2013) by 1.0 N= 4160 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0.0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid
Height
grid: /Z (sigma) ordered [ (9950)] :grid

Other Info

calendar
standard
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
POT
GRIBgridcode
2
gribleveltype
107
gribNumBits
10
gribparam
13
PDS_TimeRange
113
process
(180) 62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
scale_max
337.60001
scale_min
208.2
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
Kelvin_scale
standard units*
degree_Kelvin above 0

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, 25 May 2013 07:16:24 GMT