Independent Variables (Grids)

L (forecast_period)

grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (8.5 months) by 1.0 N= 9 pts :grid

Member

grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (15.0) by 1.0 N= 15 pts :grid

P

grid: /P (mb) ordered (850 mb) to (200 mb) N= 2 pts :grid

S (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Jan 1981) to (0000 1 Dec 2009) by 1.0 N= 348 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize

4

calendar

standard

center

US Weather Service - National Met. Center

datatype

realarraytype

grib_name

VPOT

gribcenter

7

gribfield

1

GRIBgridcode

2

gribleveltype

100

gribNumBits

12

gribparam

36

PDS_TimeRange

3

pointwidth

650.0

process

98

PTVersion

2

scale_max

19610000.0

scale_min

-27080000.0

subcenter

Environmental Modeling Center

units

m² /s

standard units*

meter² second^-1

References

Saha, S., S. Nadiga, C. Thiaw, J. Wang, W. Wang, Q. Zhang, H.M. Van Den Dool, H.-L. Pan, S. Moorthi, D. Behringer, D. Stokes, M. Pena, S. Lord, G. White,W. Ebisuzaki, P. Peng, and P. Xie, 2006:The NCEP Climate Forecast System. J. Climate 19 (15): 3483-3517.

Last updated: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:23:44 GMT