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

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