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NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY

DAILY from NOAA NCEP EMC CFS: Climate Forecast System.

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Datasets and variables

0-300m_ocean_layer NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY 0-300m_ocean_layer[oceanheat ]
above_ground NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY above_ground[temp u v ]
BelowSeaLevel NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY BelowSeaLevel[tchp temp ]
Lead Time NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY L[ S L0 | M]
Mean Sea Level NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY MSL[PRMSL ]
ocean_isotherm_level NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY ocean_isotherm_level[depth ]
ocean_isothermal_layer_bot NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY ocean_isothermal_layer_bot[depth ]
ocean_mixed_layer_bot NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY ocean_mixed_layer_bot[depth ]
PressureLevel NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY PressureLevel[u phi vpot v psi ]
surface NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY surface[taux tauy DIST downward upward prate latent_heat_flux pressure sensible_heat_flux ]
Forecast Time NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY T[ S L0 | M]
top NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY top[upward ]
total_air_column NOAA NCEP EMC CFS DAILY total_air_column[PWAT ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Integration Time grid: /L0 (days) ordered (0.0 days) to (296.5 days) by 0.5 N= 594 pts :grid
Member grid: /M (unitless) ordered (1.) to (15.) by 1. N= 15 pts :grid
Forecast Issue Time grid: /S (days since 1981-01-01) ordered [ (0000 1 Dec 1980) (0000 1 Jan 1981) (0000 1 Feb 1981) ... (0000 1 Dec 2006)] N= 313 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

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.

Last updated: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:03:15 GMT