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

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