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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface

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

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Datasets and variables

clear_sky	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface clear_sky[downward upward ]
cloud_forcing	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface cloud_forcing[net ]
convective	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface convective[cprate ]
downward	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface downward[lwflx solr ]
ground	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface ground[heat_flux ]
Ice concentration	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface ICEC[ XY \| T]
Land-sea mask	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface LAND Jan 1987[ XY \| T]
latent	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface latent[heat_flux ]
net	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface net[lwflx solr ]
potential	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface potential[evap ]
Precipitation rate	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface prate[ XY \| T]
Pressure	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface pressure[ XY \| T]
Runoff	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface runoff[ XY \| T]
sensible	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface sensible[heat_flux ]
snow	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface snow[sublimation depth melt rate ]
Zonal momentum flux	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface taux[ XY \| T]
Meridional momentum flux	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface tauy[ XY \| T]
Temperature	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface temp[ XY \| T]
Zonal gravity wave stress	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface U-GWD[ XY \| T]
upward	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface upward[lwflx solr ]
Meridional gravity wave stress	NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface V-GWD[ XY \| T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (Jun 2014) by 1.0 N= 786 pts :grid
Longitude	grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (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

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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