Independent Variables (Grids)

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.0 N= 91 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

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

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1908) to (Dec 1958) by 1.0 N= 612 pts :grid

Other Info

actual_range

[ -15.218709 15.298388 ]

add_offset

47.66

cell_methods

time: mean (monthly from 6-hourly values)

Dataset

NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Monthly Averages

datatype

shortarraytype

GRIB_id

34

GRIB_name

VGRD

level_desc

sigma level 0.995

missing_value

32766

parent_stat

Mean

precision

2

scale_factor

0.01

standard_name

grid_northward_wind

statistic

Mean

units

m /s

unpacked_valid_range

[ -280.0 350.0 ]

valid_range

[ -32766 30234 ]

var_desc

v-wind

standard units*

meter second^-1

References

Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, P. D. Sardeshmukh, N. Matsui, R. J. Allan, X. Yin, B. E. Gleason, R. S. Vose, G. Rutledge, P. Bessemoulin, S. Bronnimann, M. Brunet, R. I. Crouthamel, A. N. Grant, P. Y. Groisman, P. D. Jones, M. Kruk, A. C. Kruger, G. J. Marshall, M. Maugeri, H. Y. Mok, O. Nordli, T. F. Ross, R. M. Trigo, X. L. Wang, S. D. Woodruff, S. J. Worley, 2011: The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project. Quarterly J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 1-28. DOI: 10.1002/qj.776.

Compo, G. P., J. S. Whitaker, and P. D. Sardeshmukh, 2006: Feasibility of a 100 year reanalysis using only surface pressure data. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87, 175-190

Whitaker, J. S., G. P. Compo, X. Wei, and T. M. Hamill, 2004: Reanalysis without radiosondes using ensemble data assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1190-1200.

Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT