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NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic

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

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Datasets and variables

NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic 0-10_cm_down[temp soil ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic 10-200_cm_down[temp soil ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic above_ground[v maximum temp u minimum qa ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic high-cloud[top CDCON cld RHCLD ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic low-cloud[top CDCON cld RHCLD ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic middle-cloud[top CDCON cld RHCLD ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic soil[temp ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface[snow prate ICEC sensible U-GWD upward net pressure V-GWD convective potential downward ground latent runoff clear_sky temp LAND tauy cloud_forcing taux ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic top[cloud_forcing downward upward clear_sky ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic total_air_column[cloud_forcing cld ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time) grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (May 2025) by 1.0 N= 917 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
Height grid: /Z (m_above_gnd) ordered [ (2)] :grid
Height grid: /Z0 (m_above_gnd) ordered [ (10)] :grid
Depth grid: /Z1 (ids) unordered [ (0-10 cm down) (10-200 cm down)] :grid
Depth grid: /Z3 (cm_down) ordered [ (300)] :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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