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

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