dataset: NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3

served from IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library

NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly sigma-level fields

NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly sigma-level fields: NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2).

Documents

outline	an outline showing all sub-datasets and variables contained in this dataset
ftp server	NCEP ftp Server for Reanalysis-2
NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2)	Reanalysis-2 Home Page

Datasets and variables

Albedo at Surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 albdosfc[ XY \| T]
Convective cloud cover fraction at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cdconsfc[ XY \| T]
Sigma-level convective cloud cover fraction	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cdconsig[ XY \| Z T]
Net longwave cloud forcing in total atmospheric column	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnlfclm[ XY \| T]
Net longwave cloud forcing at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnlfsfc[ XY \| T]
Net longwave cloud forcing at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnlftoa[ XY \| T]
Net shortwave cloud forcing in total atmospheric column	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnsfclm[ XY \| T]
Net shortwave cloud forcing at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Net shortwave cloud forcing at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cfnsftoa[ XY \| T]
Deep convective heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cnvhrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Deep convective moistening on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cnvmrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Convective precipitation rate at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 cpratsfc[ XY \| T]
Clear-sky downward longwave flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 csdlfsfc[ XY \| T]
Clear-sky downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 csdsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Clear-sky upward longwave flux at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 csulftoa[ XY \| T]
Clear-sky upward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 csusfsfc[ XY \| T]
Clear-sky upward solar flux at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 csusftoa[ XY \| T]
Downward longwave flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 dlwrfsfc[ XY \| T]
Downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 dswrfsfc[ XY \| T]
Downward solar flux at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 dswrftoa[ XY \| T]
Latent heat flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 lhtflsfc[ XY \| T]
Large scale condensation heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 lrghrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Longwave radiative heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 lwhrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Near IR beam downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 nbdsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Near IR diffuse downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 nddsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Precipitation at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 pratesfc[ XY \| T]
Surface roughness	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sfcrsfc[ XY \| T]
High cloud bottom nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrhcb[ XY \| T]
High cloud top nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrhct[ XY \| T]
Low cloud bottom nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrlcb[ XY \| T]
Low cloud top nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrlct[ XY \| T]
Middle cloud bottom nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrmcb[ XY \| T]
Middle cloud top nearby model level	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 sglyrmct[ XY \| T]
Shallow convective heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 shahrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Shallow convective moistening on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 shamrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Sensible heat flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 shtflsfc[ XY \| Z T]
Soil moisture	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 soilwsoilm[ XY \| Z2 T]
Solar radiative heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 swhrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Cloud cover on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 tcdcsig[ XY \| Z T]
Temperature at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 tmpsfc[ XY \| T]
Soil temperature at 300 cm down	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 tmpsoilb[ XY \| T]
Soil temperature at 10-200 cm down	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 tmpsoilm 10-200 cm down[ XY \| Z2 T]
Soil temperature at 0-10 cm down	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 tmpsoilt 0-10 cm down[ XY \| Z2 T]
Zonal momentum flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 uflxsfc[ XY \| T]
Upward longwave flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 ulwrfsfc[ XY \| T]
Upward longwave flux at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 ulwrftoa[ XY \| T]
Upward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 uswrfsfc[ XY \| T]
Upward solar flux at nominal top of atmosphere	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 uswrftoa[ XY \| T]
Visible beam downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vbdsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Visible diffuse downward solar flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vddsfsfc[ XY \| T]
Vertical diffusion heating on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vdfhrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Vertical diffusion moistening on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vdfmrsig[ XY \| Z T]
Vertical diffusion zonal acceleration on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vdfuasig[ XY \| Z T]
Vertical diffusion meridional acceleration on sigma levels	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vdfvasig[ XY \| Z T]
Meridional momentum flux at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 vflxsfc[ XY \| T]
Accumulated snow at surface	NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3 weasdsfc[ XY \| T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1979) to (Aug 2014) by 1.0 N= 428 pts :grid
longitude (longitude)	grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1.875W) by 1.875 N= 192 pts :grid
latitude (latitude)	grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered [ (88.54195N) (86.65314N) (84.75323N) (82.85075N) (80.94735N) (79.04348N) (77.13935N) (75.23505N) (73.33065N) (71.42618N) (69.52166N) (67.6171N) (65.71251N) (63.80789N) (61.90326N) (59.9986N) (58.09394N) (56.18927N) (54.2846N) (52.37991N) (50.47522N) (48.57052N) (46.66581N) (44.7611N) (42.8564N) (40.95168N) (39.04697N) (37.14225N) (35.23753N) (33.3328N) (31.42808N) (29.52335N) (27.61863N) (25.7139N) (23.80917N) (21.90444N) (19.99971N) (18.09497N) (16.19024N) (14.28551N) (12.38078N) (10.47604N) (8.571307N) (6.666573N) (4.761838N) (2.857103N) (0.9523676N) (0.9523676S) (2.857103S) (4.761838S) (6.666573S) (8.571307S) (10.47604S) (12.38078S) (14.28551S) (16.19024S) (18.09497S) (19.99971S) (21.90444S) (23.80917S) (25.7139S) (27.61863S) (29.52335S) (31.42808S) (33.3328S) (35.23753S) (37.14225S) (39.04697S) (40.95168S) (42.8564S) (44.7611S) (46.66581S) (48.57052S) (50.47522S) (52.37991S) (54.2846S) (56.18927S) (58.09394S) (59.9986S) (61.90326S) (63.80789S) (65.71251S) (67.6171S) (69.52166S) (71.42618S) (73.33065S) (75.23505S) (77.13935S) (79.04348S) (80.94735S) (82.85075S) (84.75323S) (86.65314S) (88.54195S)] :grid
Height	grid: /Z (sigma) ordered [ (0.995) (0.982) (0.964) (0.942) (0.9155) (0.8835) (0.8454) (0.8009) (0.7499) (0.6934) (0.6323) (0.5678) (0.5012) (0.4352) (0.3717) (0.3122) (0.2582) (0.2102) (0.1682) (0.1323) (0.1023) (0.0778) (0.0578) (0.0413) (0.0278) (0.0174) (0.0093) (0.0025)] :grid
Depth (depth)	grid: /Z2 (ids) unordered [ (10-200 cm down) (0-10 cm down)] :grid

References

Kanamitsu, M., W. Ebisuzaki, J. Woollen, S. K. Yang, J. J. Hnilo, M. Fiorino, and G. L. Potter, 2002: NCEP-DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 1631-1643.

Last updated: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:54:43 GMT

Data Views

SOURCES

NOAA[ ]

NOAA NODC[ ]

NOAA NODC WOA98[ ]

NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL[ ]

NOAA NODC WOA98 ANNUAL analyzed[ ]

NOAA NCEP-DOE Reanalysis-2 Monthly dg3[ ]