| Conventions: | CF-1.4 |
| title: | Land Surface Meteorology data |
| author: | William B. Rossow |
| producer: | William B. Rossow |
| institution: | The City College of New York NOAA/CREST |
| first_release_date: | November 2016 |
| source: | Multiple Observational Sources |
| citation: | TBD |
| references: | TBD |
| identifier_product_DOI: | 10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/DATA001 |
| identifier_product_DOI_authority: | http://dx.doi.org/ |
| comment: | Version one produced at CCNY |
| processing_level: | 3 |
| range_beginning_time: | 00:00:00 |
| range_ending_time: | 23:59:59 |
| short_name: | LANDMET |
| long_name: | Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 |
| format: | netCDF-4 classic |
| version_id: | 1 |
| year: | 2001 |
| month: | 4 |
| day: | 3 |
| production_run_date: | 2016-11-16 |
| production_run_time: | 07:43:22 |
| range_beginning_date: | 2001-04-03 |
| range_ending_date: | 2001-04-03 |
| granule_id: | landmet_L3_20010403_v1.nc |
| eqlon: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Center longitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_east valid_min: 0.000000000000000 valid_max: 360.0000000000000 |
| eqlat: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Center latitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_north valid_min: -90.00000000000000 valid_max: 90.00000000000000 |
| eqlon_index: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Longitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360 |
| eqlat_index: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Latitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 180 |
| eqcells_in_zone: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqzone = 0..179] long_name: Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360 |
| eqarea: | Array of 32 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Equal-area cell area units: km2 |
| lon: | Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359] long_name: Longitude units: degrees_east valid_min: 0.000000000000000 valid_max: 360.0000000000000 bounds: lon_bounds description: Center longitude of square grid cell |
| lon_bounds: | Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359][edge = 0..1] long_name: Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone units: degrees_east |
| lat: | Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179] long_name: Latitude units: degrees_north valid_min: -90.00000000000000 valid_max: 90.00000000000000 bounds: lat_bounds description: Center latitude of square grid cell |
| lat_bounds: | Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179][edge = 0..1] long_name: Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone units: degrees_north |
| sqlon_beg: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Square grid beginning longitude index units: 1 |
| sqlon_end: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Square grid ending longitude index units: 1 |
| utctime: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7] long_name: Time steps units: hour valid_min: 0 valid_max: 21 descripton: 8 UTC/day every 3 hours since 00:00:00z current day |
| land_fraction: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Land area fraction units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 0 scale: 0.01000000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 description: Fraction of land found in equal area cell reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html |
| height: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Mean topographical height units: m valid_min: 5417 valid_max: -48 description: Mean topographical height above sea level taken from ISCCP reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html |
| sigma_height: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Topographic height standard deviation units: m valid_min: 1744 valid_max: 0 description: Standard deviation of mean topographical height taken from ISCCP reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html |
| floodfrac: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Temporary flood area fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 scale: 0.01000000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 description: The fraction of the equal area cell occupied by flooded land reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/LSH/extent.html,Papa, F., C. Prigent, and W.B. Rossow (2008): Monitoring flood and discharge variations in the large Siberian rivers From a multi-satellite technique.Surv. Geophys, doi:10.1007/s10712-008-9036-0,Papa, F., C. Prigent, F. Durand, and W.B. Rossow (2006), Wetland dynamics using a suite of satellite observations: A case study of application and evaluation for the Indian Subcontinent,Geophys. Res. Lett.,33, L08401, doi:10.1029/2006GL025767 |
| vsm: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Volumetric soil moisture where persistently frozen values are removed. units: m3 m-3 scale_factor: 0.00100000005 valid_min: 0.00000000 valid_max: 1.00000000 _FillValue: -9999 description: Soil moisture of the equal area cell, where persistently frozen data , as determined by NNHIRS near air surface temperature below 268K for the the day,is eliminated references: http://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org; Liu, Y.Y., Dorigo, W.A., Parinussa, R.M., de Jeu, R.A.M. , Wagner, W., McCabe, M.F., Evans, J.P., van Dijk, A.I.J.M. (2012). Trend-preserving blending of passive and active microwave soil moisture retrievals, Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, 280-297, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.014; Liu, Y.Y., Parinussa, R.M., Dorigo, W.A., De Jeu, R.A.M., Wagner, W., van Dijk, A.I.J.M., McCabe, M.F., & Evans, J.P. (2011): Developing an improved soil moisture dataset by blending passive and active microwave satellite based retrievals. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 425-436; Wagner, W., W. Dorigo, R. de Jeu, D. Fernandez, J. Benveniste, E. Haas, M. Ertl (2012): Fusion of active and passive microwave observations to create an Essential Climate Variable data record on soil moisture. ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume I-7, 2012. XXII ISPRS Congress, 25 August \342\200\223 01 September 2012, Melbourne, Australia |
| vsmoflag: | Array of Bytes [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Soil moisture origin flag flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 255 flag_meaning: original_data snow_coverage_or_temperature_below_zero interpolated_data replicated_data filled_with_maximum filled_with_climatology permanent_snow/glacier undefined |
| snowfrac: | Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Fraction of equal-area grid covered with snow units: 1 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 _FillValue: -9999 description: Snow fraction determined from microwave daily snow cover product (1998-2004) and the ISCCP daily snowice product (2005 - 2007) references: http://www.noacrest.org/LSH/snowcover.html; http://www.noacrest.org/GGEWC/snowice.html |
| FDtemps: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Land surface skin temperature units: K scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 165 valid_max: 355 _FillValue: -9999 description: Surface skin temeprature is taken from the ISCCP FD product reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| presst: | Array of 16 bit Integers [levels_t = 0..6] long_name: Temperature pressure levels units: hPa scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 500.0000000000000 valid_max: 1019 description: Pressure levels associated with atmospheric temperature profile from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| pressrh: | Array of 16 bit Integers [levels_t = 0..6] long_name: Relative humidity pressure levels units: hPa scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 500.0000000000000 valid_max: 1019 description: Pressure levels associated with atmospheric relative humidity profile from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNoflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Origin code for NNHIRS flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 255 flag_meaning: original daily-mean-pca 5d-daily-mean-pca 30d-daily-mean-pca 8yr-daily-mean-pca daily-mean-nopca 5d-daily-mean-nopca 30d-daily-mean-nopca 8yr-daily-mean-nopca no-data reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNta: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air temperature (2 meters) units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 description: Near surface air temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNtprofile: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][levels_t = 0..6] long_name: Atmospheric temperature profile to 500 hPa units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 description: Atmospheric temperature profile up to 500hPa from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| tmax: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Maximum temperature units: Kelvin valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 descripton: Maximum profile temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| ttrop: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Tropopause temperature units: Kelvin valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 descripton: Tropopause temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| psurf: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Surface pressure units: hPa valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 descripton: Surface pressure from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| pmaxt: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Pressure at max temperature units: percent valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 descripton: Pressure at maximum profile temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| ptrop: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Pressure at tropopause units: percent valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 descripton: Pressure at tropopause from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNrha: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface relative humidity units: percent valid_min: 0.5000000000000000 valid_max: 150.0000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 descripton: Near-surface relative humidity from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNrhprof: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][levels_t = 0..6] long_name: Relative humidity profile up to 500 hPa units: percent valid_min: 0.5000000000000000 valid_max: 150.0000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 descripton: Relative humidity profile up to 500 hPa from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNrhmaxt: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Relative humidity at max temperature units: percent valid_min: 0.5000000000000000 valid_max: 150.0000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 descripton: Relative humidity at max temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| NNrhtrop: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Relative humidity at tropopause units: percent valid_min: 0.5000000000000000 valid_max: 150.0000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 descripton: Relative humidity at tropopause from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html |
| ISDwspeed: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Station wind speed units: m s-1 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.100000001 description: Surface wind speed retrieved from the Integrated Surface Database reference: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd, Smith,A., N. Lott and R.Vose, 2011: The Integrated Surface Database: Recent developments and partnerships. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 704-708, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1. |
| ISDwflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Station wind orgin code flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 255 glag_meaning: original_value interpolated_value replicated_value filled_with_2.5_degree filled_with_5.0_degree undefined undefined |
| ISDwcount: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Number of stations used to calculate the wind speed units: 1 _FillValue: -9999 description: Number of stations used to calculate the wind speed average for each equal-area grid cell |
| ISDta: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air temperature from the ISD collection units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 description: Near-surface air temperature retrieved from the Integrated Surface Database reference: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd,Smith,A., N. Lott and R.Vose, 2011: The Integrated Surface Database: Recent developments and partnerships. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 704-708, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1. |
| ISDtaflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air temperature orgin code flag_values: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 255 flag_meaning: original_value interpolated_value replicated_value filled_with_2.5_degree filled_with_5.0_degree undefined |
| ISDtacount: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Number of stations used to calculate the air temperature average units: 1 _FillValue: -9999 description: Number of stations used to calculate the air temperature average for each equal-area grid cell |
| ISDrha: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air relative_humidity from the ISD collection units: percent scale_factor: 0.100000001 valid_min: 0.5000000000000000 valid_max: 110.0000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 description: Near-surface air relative humidity from the Integrated Surface Database reference: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isdm, Smith,A., N. Lott and R.Vose, 2011: The Integrated Surface Database: Recent developments and partnerships. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, 704-708, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3015.1. |
| ISDrhflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air relative humidity orgin code flag_values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 255 flag_meaning: original_value interpolated_value replicated_value filled_with_2.5_degree filled_with_5.0_degree undefined |
| ISDrhcount: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Number of stations used to calculate the relative humidity average _FillValue: -9999 units: 1 description: Number of stations used to calculate the near surface air relative humidity average for each equal-area grid cell |
| preciprate: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Precipitation rate units: mm/hour _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 _description: Hourly precipitationitation rate from merged GPCP and TMPA data references: Huffman, G.J., R.F. Adler, M.M. Morrissey, S. Curtis \012R. Joyce, B. McGavock, and J. Susskind, 2001: \012 ftp://meso.gfsc.nasa.gov//pub/1dd-v1.\012 Global precipitation at one-degree daily resolution from multi-satellite observations\012 http://pmm.nasa.gov/data-access/downloads/trmm/\012 |
| precipratio: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Precipitation ratio units: 1 _FillValue: -9999 valid_max: 1.000000000000000 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 valid_min: 0 description: Ratio of the precipitation rate including 0 to the precipitation rate without 0 |
| precipoflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Precipitation origin flag units: 1 flag_meaning: TMPA GPCP undefined flag_values: 0, 1, 255 description: Origin flag of the precipitation data |
| preciptflag: | Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Precipitation type flag units: 1 _FillValue: 255 flag_meaning: liquid frozen undefined flag_values: 0, 1, 255 _description: Flag indicates whether precipition for a given cell is liquid or frozen which is determined by air surface temperature of less then 268 K found in the NNHIRS retrieval |
| lctlabel: | Array of Strings [low_cloud_type = 0..11] long_name: Low cloud type labels units: 1 description: Low cloud type label as determined where uppermost cloud top pressure is greater than 500 hPa string_length: 22 |
| lcfrac: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][low_cloud_type = 0..11] long_name: Low cloud fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 _FillValue: -9999 scale: 0.01000000000000000 description: Low cloud fraction from the ISCCP FD dataset where cloud top is less than 500 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| dccfrac: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Deep convective cloud fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 _FillValue: -9999 scale: 0.01000000000000000 description: Cloud fraction from theISCCP FD dataset where base pressure is less than 440 hPa and cloud opticalthickness is greater than 23 reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| clbasep: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Lowermost cloud base pressure units: hPa scale_factor: 0.00999999978 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 10.00000000000000 valid_max: 1019.000000000000 description: Lower most cloud base pressure where cloud top is less than 500 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html |
| cltopp: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Uppermost cloud top pressure units: hPa scale_factor: 0.00999999978 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 10.00000000000000 valid_max: 1019.000000000000 description: Upper most cloud top pressure where cloud top is less than 500 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html,, Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| totclfrac: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Total cloud fraction units: 1 scale_factor: 0.00999999978 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1.000000000000000 description: Total Cloud Fraction form the ISCCP FD dataset reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html,, Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| swsurfflux: | Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Net short wave surface flux units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 Description: Full sky surface short wave flux up - full sky surface short wave flux down reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| lwsurfflux: | Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Net long wave surface flux units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 Description: Full sky surface Long wave flux up - full sky surface Long wave flux down reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| sw680flux: | Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Net short Wwave flux at 680 hPa units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 Description: Full sky short wave flux down - full short wave flux up at 680 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html,, Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| lw680flux: | Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Net long wave flux at 680 hPa units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 Description: Full sky Long wave flux down - full sky Long wave flux up at 680 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| FDta: | Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Near-surface air temperature from the FD dataset units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.1000000000000000 valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 Description: Near-surface air temperature from the FD dataset reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html, , Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, M.I. Mishchenko and V. Oinas,\012Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere\012based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative\012transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi\01210.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. |
| ET_tran_liquid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Contribution to ET from transpiration units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod |
| ET_soil_liquid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Contribution to ET from soil evaporation units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod |
| ET_water_liquid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Contribution to ET from open water units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod |
| can_evap_liquid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Evaporation from wet canopy units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod |
| ET_snow_liquid: | Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: Evaporation from snow units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.00000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod |
| ET_type_flag: | Array of Bytes [eqcell = 0..41251] long_name: ET type flag units: 1 flag_meaning: liquid frozen undefined flag_values: 0, 1, 255 _description: Flag indicates whether ET for a given cell is liquid or frozen which is determined by a daily air surface temperature of less then 268 K found in the NNHIRS retrieval |