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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface net lwflx climatology: longwave flux data

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

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 01-Jan) periodic (Jan) to (Dec) by 1. N= 12 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

Other Info

calendar
standard
CE
null
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
NLWRS
gribleveltype
1
gribNumBits
11
gribparam
112
PDS_TimeRange
113
process
62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
W /m2
standard units*
kilogram second-3
history
Averaged over T2[1949, 2007]

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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