NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V1 monthly monolevel spread pr_wtr: Monthly Precipitable Water Spread for entire atmosphere data

spread Monthly Precipitable Water Spread for entire atmosphere from NOAA ESRL PSD rean20thcent V1 monthly monolevel: Data for a single level or integrated over the full depth of the atmosphere.

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
[ 0.04539718 15.803806 ]
add_offset
32.765999
cell_methods
time: mean (monthly from 6-hourly values)
Dataset
NOAA-CIRES 20th Century Reanalysis Monthly Averages
datatype
shortarraytype
GRIB_id
54
GRIB_name
PWAT
level_desc
Entire Atmosphere Considered As a Single Layer
missing_value
32766
parent_stat
Mean of Ensemble Spread
precision
3
scale_factor
0.001
standard_name
atmosphere_water_vapor_content
statistic
Mean of Ensemble Spread
statistic_note
These values represent a time mean of the 4 times daily ensemble spreads and are not the ensemble mean spreads of monthly averages. To get that value, you will need to divide the time-averaged variance by the number of effective independent times (which is related to the autocorrelation of that variable)
units
kg /m2
unpacked_valid_range
[ 0.0 65.530998 ]
valid_range
[ -32766 32765 ]
var_desc
Precipitable Water Content
standard units*
kilogram meter-2

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

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