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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY

MONTHLY from NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1: Climate Data Assimilation System I; NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.

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Datasets and variables

Diagnostic NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic[above_ground 10-200_cm_down middle-cloud soil top total_air_column high-cloud surface low-cloud 0-10_cm_down ]
Intrinsic NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Intrinsic[MSL total_air_column PressureLevel surface ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (Apr 2012) by 1.0 N= 760 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

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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