Independent Variables (Grids)

L

grid: /L (months) ordered (0.5 months) to (9.5 months) by 1.0 N= 10 pts :grid

M

grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (28.0) by 1.0 N= 28 pts :grid

S (forecast_reference_time)

grid: /S (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0000 1 Apr 2011) to (0000 1 Aug 2025) by 1.0 N= 173 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1W) by 1.0 N= 360 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 1.0 N= 181 pts :grid

Wind Component

grid: /Z (unitless) ordered [ (1.0)] :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize

4

CE

null

cNZ

405
407
409
411
413
415
417
419
421
423
425
427
429
431
433
435
437
439
441
443
445
447
449
451
453
455
457
459
461
463
465
467
469
471
473
475
477

CS

null

datatype

realarraytype

gribfield

2

missing_value

9.99900026E20

pointwidth

0

units

m s^-1

standard units*

meter second^-1

References

Saha, S., S. Nadiga, C. Thiaw, J. Wang, W. Wang, Q. Zhang, H.M. Van Den Dool, H.-L. Pan, S. Moorthi, D. Behringer, D. Stokes, M. Pena, S. Lord, G. White,W. Ebisuzaki, P. Peng, and P. Xie, 2006:The NCEP Climate Forecast System. J. Climate 19 (15): 3483-3517.

Suranjana Saha, Shrinivas Moorthi, Xingren Wu, Jiande Wang, Sudhir Nadiga, Patrick Tripp, Hua-Lu Pan, David Behringer, Yu-Tai Hou, Hui-ya Chuang, Mark Iredell, Michael Ek, Jesse Meng, Rongqian Yang, 2011 : The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2. To be submitted to the Journal of Climate.

Last updated: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:28:40 GMT