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IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface dataset
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This page describes and gives options for manipulating the IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface dataset. We start with the options for manipulating, because once you are comfortable with the system, they are the most useful.

Dataset Options

IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface options Help Expert Mode
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Help/Terse
switches back and forth between this relatively descriptive page that contains extended explanations, and the page that just has the information.
Expert Mode
switches into a mode that lets you access several datasets at the same time, and enter data-manipulating commands directly as text rather than clicking on a series of pages.

When in Expert Mode there is a list of active datasets at the top of the page, followed by a text window containing the command equivalent of the current page. These commands can be edited or extended.

Views
(the icons that show different views) go to an interactive data viewer that let you view the data with a variety of plot types (including colors and contours), zoom in and out, and select different slices and different variables. You can also save the view in a variety of formats, including as a clickable link in your own html document, as well as extract the data in the view as a table or datafile.
Data Selection
lets you pick out a subset of the full dataset. You should try the interactive data viewer first.
Data Files
lets you download the dataset in your choice of format.
Tables
lets you view the data as a table. A number of formatting options are available.
Note that there will be many more options once you have picked a particular variable, because the server is currently more adept at manipulating single variables than it is at manipulating datasets (e.g. collections of variables).

Dataset Description

We start with a quick reminder of where you are in the collection of datasets.

...RESEARCHATMOSPHEREGLOBALECHAM5amvSSTamvSST_trop_pos.DDailySurface

As you go from left to right, the datasets listed get more and more specific, ending with the current dataset, IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface. Datasets with documentation are marked (*): the * links to the documentation directly.

IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface

IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface.

Documents

give additional information about the current dataset.
outline
shows all the different parts of this dataset (the parts are datasets and variables, see below).

Datasets and variables

Variables (also called data or dependent variables) are sets of numbers, along with the grids (independent variables) that place those numbers in space and time, and the additional information (such as units) that render the data meaningful. Datasets are collections of variables and datasets. This will become clearer once you look at the outline.

albedo IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface alb[ X Y | T]
cloud cover IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface cld[ X Y | T]
laten heat flux IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface lh[ X Y | T]
net longwave at ground IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface nlwg[ X Y | T]
net shortwave at ground IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface nswg[ X Y | T]
outgoing longwave radation IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface olr[ X Y | T]
total precipitation IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface prec[ X Y | T]
surface runoff IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface runoff[ X Y | T]
snow depth IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface sd[ X Y | T]
sea ice depth IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface seaiced[ X Y | T]
sea ice fraction IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface seaicef[ X Y | T]
snowfall IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface sfall[ X Y | T]
sensible heat flux IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface sh[ X Y | T]
mean sea level pressure IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface slp[ X Y | T]
surface temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface st[ X Y | T]
land surface temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface stl[ X Y | T]
soil wetness IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface sw[ X Y | T]
2 meter temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface t2m[ X Y | T]
2 meter dew point temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface t2md[ X Y | T]
two meter maximum temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface t2mmax[ X Y | T]
two meter minimum temperature IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface t2mmin[ X Y | T]
10 meter u wind IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface u10m[ X Y | T]
10 meter v wind IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE GLOBAL ECHAM5 amvSST amvSST_trop_pos.D Daily Surface v10m[ X Y | T]

Grids

Grids are the independent variables contained in this dataset.

Time grid: /T (days since 1949-01-01) ordered (1 Jan 1949) to (31 Dec 2011) by 1.0 N= 23010 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.8125W) by 2.8125 N= 128 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered [ (87.86N) (85.1N) (82.31N) (79.53N) (76.74N) (73.95N) (71.16N) (68.37N) (65.58N) (62.79N) (60N) (57.21N) (54.42N) (51.63N) (48.84N) (46.04N) (43.25N) (40.46N) (37.67N) (34.88N) (32.09N) (29.3N) (26.51N) (23.72N) (20.93N) (18.14N) (15.35N) (12.56N) (9.77N) (6.98N) (4.19N) (1.4N) (1.4S) (4.19S) (6.98S) (9.77S) (12.56S) (15.35S) (18.14S) (20.93S) (23.72S) (26.51S) (29.3S) (32.09S) (34.88S) (37.67S) (40.46S) (43.25S) (46.04S) (48.84S) (51.63S) (54.42S) (57.21S) (60S) (62.79S) (65.58S) (68.37S) (71.16S) (73.95S) (76.74S) (79.53S) (82.31S) (85.1S) (87.86S)] :grid

References

Roeckner, E., R. Brokopf, M. Esch, M. Giorgetta, S. Hagemann, L. Kornblueh, E. Manzini, U. Schlese, and U. Schulzweida, 2006: Sensitivity of simulated climate to horizontal and vertical resolution in the ECHAM5 Atmosphere Model. J. Climate, 19, 3771-3791.