Independent Variables (Grids)

Lead time (forecast_period)

grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (7.5 months) by 1.0 N= 8 pts :grid

Start time (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Jan 1982) to (0000 1 Dec 2009) by 1.0 N= 336 pts :grid

Other Info

calendar

360

CE

null

CS

null

datatype

realarraytype

gridid

163413304

pointwidth

1

standard_name

forecast_period

units

months since 1960-01-01

standard units*

0.0833333333333333 ( years since 1960-01-01 00:00.000000000 )

References

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DeWitt, D. G., 2005:Retrospective forecasts of interannual sea surface temperature anomalies from 1982 to present using a directly coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2972-2995.

Luo, J.-J., S. Masson, E. Roeckner, G. Madec, and T. Yamagata, 2005: Reducing climatology bias in an ocean-atmosphere CGCM with improved coupling physics. J. Climate, 18, 2344--2360.

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