Independent Variables (Grids)

perturbed physics

grid: /L (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid

latitude (latitude)

grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (89.25S) to (89.25N) by 1.5 N= 120 pts :grid

longitude (longitude)

grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2W) by 2.0 N= 180 pts :grid

initialization method

grid: /M (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid

realization (realization)

grid: /N (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid

time (time)

grid: /time (days since 1850-1-1) (365) ordered (1200 31 Dec 1974 - 1200 1 Jan 1975) to (1200 30 Dec 1975 - 1200 31 Dec 1975) by 1.0 N= 365 pts :grid

Other Info

base_period

1961-1990

datatype

doublearraytype

missing_value

1.00000002E20

pointwidth

0

units

degree_Celsius

standard units*

degree_Kelvin

References

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, X. Zhang, F. W. Zwiers, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 1. Model evaluation in the present climate, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1716-1733, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50203.

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, F. W. Zwiers, X. Zhang, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2473-2493, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50188.

Last updated: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 21:51:22 GMT