Independent Variables (Grids)

Time

grid: /T (months since 1979-01-01 00:00:00) ordered (Jan 1979) to (Aug 2019) by 1.0 N= 488 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (0.75W) by 0.75 N= 480 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 0.75 N= 241 pts :grid

Other Info

associated_files

baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_atmos_fx_IFS-Cy31r2_ERA-Interim_r0i0p0.nc areacella: areacella_fx_IFS-Cy31r2_ERA-Interim_r0i0p0.nc

cell_measures

area: areacella

cell_methods

time: mean

comment

mass of ice water in the column divided by the area of the column (not just the area of the cloudy portion of the column). Includes precipitating frozen hydrometeors ONLY if the precipitating hydrometeor affects the calculation of radiative transfer in model.

datatype

realarraytype

missing_value

1.00000002E20

original_name

tciw

standard_name

atmosphere_cloud_ice_content

units

kg m^-2

standard units*

kilogram meter^-2

References

Potter, G.L., L. Carriere, J. Hertz, M. Bosilovich, D. Duffy, T. Lee, and D.N. Williams, 2018: Enabling Reanalysis Research Using the Collaborative Reanalysis Technical Environment (CREATE). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 677–687, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0174.1

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