Independent Variables (Grids)

lat (latitude)	grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid
level (pressure)	grid: /level (millibar) ordered [ (1000.0) (925.0) (850.0) (700.0) (600.0) (500.0) (400.0) (300.0) (250.0) (200.0) (150.0) (100.0) (70.0) (50.0) (30.0) (20.0) (10.0)] :grid
lon (longitude)	grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
time (time)	grid: /time (days since 1979-01-01 12:00:0.0) ordered (1 Jan 1979) to (31 Dec 2023) by 1.0 N= 16436 pts :grid

Other Info

citation

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comments

Data is from NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (Reanalysis-2) (4x/day). It consists of most variables interpolated to pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces.

Conventions

CF-1.0

institution

National Centers for Environmental Prediction

platform

Model

reference

http://wesley.ncep.noaa.gov/reanalysis2/ ; http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html

title

Daily NCEP/DOE Reanalysis 2

history

created 2002/03/01 by RHS (netCDF2.3)

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.

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