NOAA NCEP CPC GLOBAL daily olr: Daily Mean OLR data

Daily Mean OLR from NOAA NCEP CPC GLOBAL daily: Data is interpolated in time and space from NOAA twice-daily OLR values and averaged to once daily.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Latitude (latitude)
grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
time
grid: /time (days since 1974-01-01) ordered (1 Jun 1974) to (31 Dec 2022) by 1.0 N= 17746 pts :grid

Other Info

actual_range
[ 64.75 344.5 ]
Dataset
NOAA Interpolated OLR
datatype
realarraytype
level_desc
Other
missing_value
-9.96920997E36
parent_stat
Individual Obs
precision
2
statistic
Mean
units
W /m2
valid_range
[ 0.0 500.0 ]
var_desc
Outgoing Longwave Radiation
standard units*
kilogram second-3
history
Tue May 10 11:37:33 2005: ncatted -a missing_value,info,o,s,32766 /Datasets/interp_OLR/olr.day.mean.nc /home/hoop/crdc/oldCRDC2COARDSv3/oldCRDC2COARDS Sat Dec 9 01:36:34 1995 from olr.7494.nc created 08/24/94 by C. Smith (netCDF2.3) Converted to chunked, deflated non-packed NetCDF4 2020/05 Converted to chunked, deflated non-packed NetCDF4 2020/08

References

Liebmann, B., and Smith, C.A., 1996: Description of a complete (interpolated) outgoing longwave radiation dataset. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 1275 –1277

Last updated: Sat, 15 Mar 2025 07:01:44 GMT

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