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NCEP/NCAR 500mb height
References
official web page http://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html
Climate Explorer URLclimexp.knmi.nl/select.cgi?nz500
Climate Explorer filenameNCEPNCAR40/z500.nc
Variable
namehgt
unitsm
long_nameMonthly mean geopotential height
Netcdf global metadata
description Data from NCEP initialized reanalysis (4x/day). These are interpolated to pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces.
platformModel
ConventionsCOARDS
NCO = netCDF Operators version 5.1.4 (Homepage = nco.sf.net, Codehttp://github.com/nco/nco)
historyWed Apr 10 13:07:06 2024: ncks -O -d level,500. hgt.mon.mean.nc z500.nc
Created by NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center (SAC) from the NCEP
reanalysis data set on 07/07/97 by calc.mon.mean.year.f using
/Datasets/nmc.reanalysis.derived/pressure/hgt.mon.mean.nc
from /Datasets/nmc.reanalysis/pressure/hgt.79.nc to hgt.95.nc
Converted to chunked, deflated non-packed NetCDF4 2014/09
titlemonthly mean hgt from the NCEP Reanalysis
dataset_titleNCEP-NCAR Reanalysis 1
Referenceswww.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html
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