dataset: NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic

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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.

Documents

overview	an outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset
dataset documentation

Datasets and variables

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

Last updated: Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:45:15 GMT
Expires: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Data Views

	T	X	Y
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY[Diagnostic Intrinsic ]
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic surface temp[ X Y \| T]	M	M	M
NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 MONTHLY Diagnostic[0-10_cm_down total_air_column high-cloud top low-cloud middle-cloud surface above_ground 10-200_cm_down soil ]