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 (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1949) to (Apr 2025) by 1.0 N= 916 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

VPOT

gribfield

1

GRIBgridcode

2

gribleveltype

100

gribNumBits

16

gribparam

36

gribvariable

36

missing_value

9.99900026E20

PDS_TimeRange

113

pointwidth

1.0

process

62 wave triangular, 28 layer Spectral model from "Medium Range Forecast" run

PTVersion

2

scale_max

25519200.0

scale_min

-32949800.0

subcenter

NCEP Ensemble Products

units

m² /s

standard units*

meter² second^-1

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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