NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1 DAILY Intrinsic PressureLevel u: zonal wind data

DAILY Intrinsic PressureLevel zonal wind from NOAA NCEP-NCAR CDAS-1: Climate Data Assimilation System I; NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Pressure
grid: /P (mb) ordered [ (1000) (925) (850) (700) (600) (500) (400) (300) (250) (200) (150) (100) (70) (50) (30) (20) (10)] :grid
Time (time)
grid: /T (days since 1948-01-01 12:00:00) ordered (1 Jan 1948) to (30 Jul 2025) by 1.0 N= 28336 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize
4
calendar
standard
center
US Weather Service - National Met. Center
datatype
realarraytype
grib_name
UGRD
gribfield
1
GRIBgridcode
2
gribleveltype
100
gribNumBits
8
gribparam
33
gribvariable
33
missing_value
9.99900026E20
PDS_TimeRange
113
pointwidth
0.0
process
(180) 62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run
PTVersion
2
scale_max
150.8
scale_min
-107.1
standard_name
eastward_wind
subcenter
NCEP Ensemble Products
units
m /s
standard units*
meter second-1
history
T: 0000 1 Apr 2002 to 0000 30 Jul 2025 appended from datestring

References

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, A. Leetmaa, B. Reynolds, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K. C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March, 1996

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