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HDF5_GLOBAL.Conventions: CF-1.4 HDF5_GLOBAL.title: Land Surface Meteorology data HDF5_GLOBAL.author: William B. Rossow HDF5_GLOBAL.producer: William B. Rossow HDF5_GLOBAL.institution: The City College of New York NOAA/CREST HDF5_GLOBAL.first_release_date: November 2016 HDF5_GLOBAL.source: Multiple Observational Sources HDF5_GLOBAL.citation: TBD HDF5_GLOBAL.references: TBD HDF5_GLOBAL.identifier_product_DOI: 10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/DATA001 HDF5_GLOBAL.identifier_product_DOI_authority: http://dx.doi.org/ HDF5_GLOBAL.comment: Version one produced at CCNY HDF5_GLOBAL.processing_level: 3 HDF5_GLOBAL.range_beginning_time: 00:00:00 HDF5_GLOBAL.range_ending_time: 23:59:59 HDF5_GLOBAL.short_name: LANDMET HDF5_GLOBAL.long_name: Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 HDF5_GLOBAL.format: netCDF-4 classic HDF5_GLOBAL.version_id: 1 HDF5_GLOBAL.year: 2007 HDF5_GLOBAL.month: 9 HDF5_GLOBAL.day: 24 HDF5_GLOBAL.production_run_date: 2016-11-16 HDF5_GLOBAL.production_run_time: 10:34:18 HDF5_GLOBAL.range_beginning_date: 2007-09-24 HDF5_GLOBAL.range_ending_date: 2007-09-24 HDF5_GLOBAL.granule_id: landmet_L3_20070924_v1.nc
Variables:
ET_soil_liquid
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Contribution to ET from soil evaporation units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod origname: ET_soil_liquid fullnamepath: /ET_soil_liquid
ET_tran_liquid
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Contribution to ET from transpiration units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod origname: ET_tran_liquid fullnamepath: /ET_tran_liquid
sqlon_beg
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Square grid beginning longitude index units: 1 origname: sqlon_beg fullnamepath: /sqlon_beg
NNrha
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Near-surface relative humidity units: percent valid_min: 0.50000000000000000 valid_max: 150.00000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 descripton: Near-surface relative humidity from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: NNrha fullnamepath: /NNrha
can_evap_liquid
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Evaporation from wet canopy units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod origname: can_evap_liquid fullnamepath: /can_evap_liquid
eqlon
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Center longitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_east valid_min: 0.0000000000000000 valid_max: 360.00000000000000 origname: eqlon fullnamepath: /eqlon
preciprate
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Precipitation rate units: mm/hour _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 _description: Hourly precipitationitation rate from merged GPCP and TMPA data references: Huffman, G.J., R.F. Adler, M.M. Morrissey, S. Curtis R. Joyce, B. McGavock, and J. Susskind, 2001: ftp://meso.gfsc.nasa.gov//pub/1dd-v1. Global precipitation at one-degree daily resolution from multi-satellite observations http://pmm.nasa.gov/data-access/downloads/trmm/ origname: preciprate fullnamepath: /preciprate
pressrh
: Array of 16 bit Integers [levels_t = 0..6]
levels_t:
long_name: Relative humidity pressure levels units: hPa scale_factor: 0.1000000015 valid_min: 500.00000000000000 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 origname: pressrh fullnamepath: /pressrh
ET_snow_liquid
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Evaporation from snow units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod origname: ET_snow_liquid fullnamepath: /ET_snow_liquid
snowfrac
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Fraction of equal-area grid covered with snow units: 1 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 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 origname: snowfrac fullnamepath: /snowfrac
pmaxt
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Pressure at max temperature units: percent valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 descripton: Pressure at maximum profile temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: pmaxt fullnamepath: /pmaxt
precipoflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Precipitation origin flag units: 1 flag_meaning: TMPA GPCP undefined flag_values: 0, 1, 255 description: Origin flag of the precipitation data origname: precipoflag fullnamepath: /precipoflag
eqarea
: Array of 32 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Equal-area cell area units: km2 origname: eqarea fullnamepath: /eqarea
lw680flux
: Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Net long wave flux at 680 hPa units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: lw680flux fullnamepath: /lw680flux
lwsurfflux
: Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Net long wave surface flux units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: lwsurfflux fullnamepath: /lwsurfflux
lat_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179][edge = 0..1]
lat:
edge:
long_name: Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone units: degrees_north origname: lat_bounds fullnamepath: /lat_bounds
NNrhtrop
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Relative humidity at tropopause units: percent valid_min: 0.50000000000000000 valid_max: 150.00000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 descripton: Relative humidity at tropopause from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: NNrhtrop fullnamepath: /NNrhtrop
NNta
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Near-surface air temperature (2 meters) units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.1000000015 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 origname: NNta fullnamepath: /NNta
preciptflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: preciptflag fullnamepath: /preciptflag
ttrop
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Tropopause temperature units: Kelvin valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 descripton: Tropopause temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: ttrop fullnamepath: /ttrop
ISDrhcount
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDrhcount fullnamepath: /ISDrhcount
floodfrac
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Temporary flood area fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 scale: 0.010000000000000000 _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 origname: floodfrac fullnamepath: /floodfrac
ET_water_liquid
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Contribution to ET from open water units: W/m2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 reference: http://hydrology.priceton.edu/data/landflux/et_prod origname: ET_water_liquid fullnamepath: /ET_water_liquid
tmax
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Maximum temperature units: Kelvin valid_min: 160 valid_max: 350 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 descripton: Maximum profile temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: tmax fullnamepath: /tmax
FDtemps
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Land surface skin temperature units: K scale_factor: 0.1000000015 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 based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: FDtemps fullnamepath: /FDtemps
sw680flux
: Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Net short Wwave flux at 680 hPa units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: sw680flux fullnamepath: /sw680flux
NNtprofile
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][levels_t = 0..6]
times:
eqcell:
levels_t:
long_name: Atmospheric temperature profile to 500 hPa units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.1000000015 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 origname: NNtprofile fullnamepath: /NNtprofile
vsmoflag
: Array of Bytes [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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 origname: vsmoflag fullnamepath: /vsmoflag
cltopp
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Uppermost cloud top pressure units: hPa scale_factor: 0.009999999776 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 10.000000000000000 valid_max: 1019.0000000000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: cltopp fullnamepath: /cltopp
ISDwflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDwflag fullnamepath: /ISDwflag
ISDrha
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Near-surface air relative_humidity from the ISD collection units: percent scale_factor: 0.1000000015 valid_min: 0.50000000000000000 valid_max: 110.00000000000000 _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. origname: ISDrha fullnamepath: /ISDrha
FDta
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Near-surface air temperature from the FD dataset units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.10000000000000001 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: FDta fullnamepath: /FDta
ptrop
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Pressure at tropopause units: percent valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 descripton: Pressure at tropopause from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: ptrop fullnamepath: /ptrop
lctlabel
: Array of strings [low_cloud_type = 0..11][label_len = 0..21]
low_cloud_type:
label_len:
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 origname: lctlabel fullnamepath: /lctlabel
ISDwcount
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDwcount fullnamepath: /ISDwcount
sigma_height
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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 origname: sigma_height fullnamepath: /sigma_height
ET_type_flag
: Array of Bytes [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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 origname: ET_type_flag fullnamepath: /ET_type_flag
utctime
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7]
times:
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 origname: utctime fullnamepath: /utctime
vsm
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Volumetric soil moisture where persistently frozen values are removed. units: m3 m-3 scale_factor: 0.001000000047 valid_min: 0.000000000 valid_max: 1.000000000 _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 origname: vsm fullnamepath: /vsm
ISDrhflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDrhflag fullnamepath: /ISDrhflag
ISDta
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Near-surface air temperature from the ISD collection units: Kelvin scale_factor: 0.1000000015 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. origname: ISDta fullnamepath: /ISDta
dccfrac
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Deep convective cloud fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 _FillValue: -9999 scale: 0.010000000000000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: dccfrac fullnamepath: /dccfrac
eqcells_in_zone
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqzone = 0..179]
eqzone:
long_name: Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360 origname: eqcells_in_zone fullnamepath: /eqcells_in_zone
eqlon_index
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Longitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 360 origname: eqlon_index fullnamepath: /eqlon_index
land_fraction
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Land area fraction units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 0 scale: 0.010000000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 description: Fraction of land found in equal area cell reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html origname: land_fraction fullnamepath: /land_fraction
eqlat_index
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Latitude index of equal-area cell units: 1 valid_min: 1 valid_max: 180 origname: eqlat_index fullnamepath: /eqlat_index
ISDtacount
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDtacount fullnamepath: /ISDtacount
eqlat
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Center latitude of equal-area cell units: degrees_north valid_min: -90.000000000000000 valid_max: 90.000000000000000 origname: eqlat fullnamepath: /eqlat
presst
: Array of 16 bit Integers [levels_t = 0..6]
levels_t:
long_name: Temperature pressure levels units: hPa scale_factor: 0.1000000015 valid_min: 500.00000000000000 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 origname: presst fullnamepath: /presst
height
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
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 origname: height fullnamepath: /height
lcfrac
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][low_cloud_type = 0..11]
times:
eqcell:
low_cloud_type:
long_name: Low cloud fraction units: 1 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1 _FillValue: -9999 scale: 0.010000000000000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: lcfrac fullnamepath: /lcfrac
NNrhprof
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251][levels_t = 0..6]
times:
eqcell:
levels_t:
long_name: Relative humidity profile up to 500 hPa units: percent valid_min: 0.50000000000000000 valid_max: 150.00000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 descripton: Relative humidity profile up to 500 hPa from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: NNrhprof fullnamepath: /NNrhprof
ISDtaflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: ISDtaflag fullnamepath: /ISDtaflag
swsurfflux
: Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Net short wave surface flux units: W/ m^2 _FillValue: -9999.000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: swsurfflux fullnamepath: /swsurfflux
totclfrac
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Total cloud fraction units: 1 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 0 valid_max: 1.0000000000000000 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, Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top-of-atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global datasets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi 10.1029/2003JD004457 (1-27 + 1-25), 2004. origname: totclfrac fullnamepath: /totclfrac
lon_bounds
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359][edge = 0..1]
lon:
edge:
long_name: Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone units: degrees_east origname: lon_bounds fullnamepath: /lon_bounds
NNrhmaxt
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Relative humidity at max temperature units: percent valid_min: 0.50000000000000000 valid_max: 150.00000000000000 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 descripton: Relative humidity at max temperature from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: NNrhmaxt fullnamepath: /NNrhmaxt
clbasep
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Lowermost cloud base pressure units: hPa scale_factor: 0.009999999776 _FillValue: -9999 valid_min: 10.000000000000000 valid_max: 1019.0000000000000 description: Lower most cloud base pressure where cloud top is less than 500 hPa reference: http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html origname: clbasep fullnamepath: /clbasep
psurf
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Surface pressure units: hPa valid_min: 10 valid_max: 1019 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 descripton: Surface pressure from the ISCCP NNHIRS product reference: http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/GGEWC/NNHIRS.html origname: psurf fullnamepath: /psurf
NNoflag
: Array of Bytes [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
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 origname: NNoflag fullnamepath: /NNoflag
sqlon_end
: Array of 16 bit Integers [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
long_name: Square grid ending longitude index units: 1 origname: sqlon_end fullnamepath: /sqlon_end
ISDwspeed
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Station wind speed units: m s-1 _FillValue: -9999 scale_factor: 0.1000000015 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. origname: ISDwspeed fullnamepath: /ISDwspeed
precipratio
: Array of 16 bit Integers [times = 0..7][eqcell = 0..41251]
times:
eqcell:
long_name: Precipitation ratio units: 1 _FillValue: -9999 valid_max: 1.0000000000000000 scale_factor: 0.009999999776 valid_min: 0 description: Ratio of the precipitation rate including 0 to the precipitation rate without 0 origname: precipratio fullnamepath: /precipratio
edge
: Array of 32 bit Reals [edge = 0..1]
edge:
eqcell
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqcell = 0..41251]
eqcell:
eqzone
: Array of 32 bit Reals [eqzone = 0..179]
eqzone:
label_len
: Array of 32 bit Reals [label_len = 0..21]
label_len:
lat
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lat = 0..179]
lat:
long_name: Latitude units: degrees_north valid_min: -90.000000000000000 valid_max: 90.000000000000000 bounds: lat_bounds description: Center latitude of square grid cell origname: lat fullnamepath: /lat
levels_rh
: Array of 32 bit Reals [levels_rh = 0..6]
levels_rh:
levels_t
: Array of 32 bit Reals [levels_t = 0..6]
levels_t:
lon
: Array of 32 bit Reals [lon = 0..359]
lon:
long_name: Longitude units: degrees_east valid_min: 0.0000000000000000 valid_max: 360.00000000000000 bounds: lon_bounds description: Center longitude of square grid cell origname: lon fullnamepath: /lon
low_cloud_type
: Array of 32 bit Reals [low_cloud_type = 0..11]
low_cloud_type:
times
: Array of 32 bit Reals [times = 0..7]
times:
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