Models NMME NCEP-CFSv2 FORECAST PENTAD_SAMPLES MONTHLY prec: Total Precipitation data

MONTHLY Total Precipitation from Models NMME NCEP-CFSv2 FORECAST PENTAD_SAMPLES: pentad realtime forecasts organized as monthly starts of 24-28 members, starting from Apr 2011, matching pattern of CFSv2 hindcast starts.

Independent Variables (Grids)

L
grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (9.5 months) by 1.0 N= 10 pts :grid
M
grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (28.0) by 1.0 N= 28 pts :grid
S (forecast_reference_time)
grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Apr 2011) to (0000 1 May 2025) by 1.0 N= 170 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 1.0 N= 181 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize
4
CE
null
cNZ
0
CS
null
datatype
realarraytype
file_missing_value
9.99900026E20
gribfield
1
missing_value
NaN
pointwidth
0
standard_name
lwe_precipitation_rate
units
mm /day
standard units*
1.15740740740741×10-08 meter second-1
history
Boxes with less than 0.0% dropped

References

Kirtman, Ben P., and Coauthors, 2014: The North American Multimodel Ensemble: Phase-1 seasonal-to-interannual prediction; Phase-2 toward developing intraseasonal prediction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, 585–601. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00050.1

Last updated: Mon, 05 May 2025 07:30:57 GMT

Data Views

LMSXY
[ X Y | M L S]MMMMM