Name Template: PUB/MISSION/level1a/ncrncp/ncrncp_YYYY.DDD.HH.MM.UUUU_nc
| DDD | Day of year |
| HH | Hour |
| MISSION | Mission ID (eight characters or less--champ, champrt, sacc, sacctst, etc) |
| MM | Minute |
| PUB | Base directory for the pub hierarchy |
| UUUU | Duration of file in minutes |
| YYYY | Year |
NCEP/NCAR Global Reanalysis
The original
GRIB format file is archived
on NCAR mass store as
dataset 090.0. It is converted to
netCDF format upon copying to CDAAC.
Grid Data
Z_sfc
- Description:geopotential height
- Data Type: float
- Units: gp m
- Missing Value: -999
grid_type_code
- Description:GRIB-1 GDS data representation type
- Data Type: long
N
- Description:number of lat.circles, pole
- Data Type: long
Nj
- Description:number of points along a longitude circle
- Data Type: long
reftime
- Description:reference time
- Data Type: double
- Units: hours since 1992-1-1
lpdg_bot
- Description:bottom level of boundary layer between 2 levels at specified pressure differences from ground to levels
- Data Type: float
- Units: hectopascals
Dj
- Description:Latitudinal direction increment
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees
lpdg_top
- Description:top level of boundary layer between 2 levels at specified pressure differences from ground to levels
- Data Type: float
- Units: hectopascals
P_sfc
- Description:surface pressure
- Data Type: float
- Units: Pa
- Missing Value: -999
grid_type
- Description:GRIB-1 grid type
- Data Type: byte
fhg
- Description:fixed height above ground
- Data Type: float
- Units: meters
Ni
- Description:number of points along a latitude circle
- Data Type: long
level
- Description:level
- Data Type: float
- Units:
grid_number
- Description:GRIB-1 catalogued grid numbers
- Data Type: long
- Missing Value: -999
i_dim
- Description:longitude dimension name
- Data Type: byte
valtime_offset
- Description:hours from reference time
- Data Type: float
- Units: hours
Lo1
- Description:longitude of first grid point
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_east
La2
- Description:latitude of last grid point
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_north
model_id
- Description:generating process ID number
- Data Type: long
lat
- Description:latitude
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_north
grid_center
- Description:GRIB-1 originating center ID
- Data Type: long
grid_name
- Description:grid name
- Data Type: byte
datetime
- Description:reference date and time
- Data Type: byte
nav_model
- Description:navigation model name
- Data Type: byte
sigma
- Description:sigma level
- Data Type: float
- Units:
La1
- Description:latitude of first grid point
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_north
Di
- Description:Longitudinal direction increment
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees
T_sigma
- Description:temperature
- Data Type: float
- Units: degK
- Missing Value: -999
valtime
- Description:valid time
- Data Type: double
- Units: hours since 1992-1-1
j_dim
- Description:latitude dimension name
- Data Type: byte
spec_hum_sigma
- Description:specific humidity
- Data Type: float
- Units: kg/kg
- Missing Value: -999
Lo2
- Description:longitude of last grid point
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_east
lon
- Description:longitude
- Data Type: float
- Units: degrees_east
ResCompFlag
- Description:resolution and component flags
- Data Type: byte
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