	lat	lev	lon	time
IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Carib MJJASON50km[va OLR tc rc rain ua P PSFC TSK rn wa QVAPOR ]
grid: /lon (degree_east) ordered [ (130.5127W) (130.0629W) (129.6132W) ... (5.487339W)] N= 279 pts :grid			M
grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered [ (5.191093S) (4.743057S) (4.294724S) ... (49.32478N)] N= 139 pts :grid	M
grid: /lev (hPa) ordered [ (1000.0) (925.0) (850.0) (700.0) (600.0) (500.0) (400.0) (300.0) (200.0) (100.0)] :grid		M
grid: /time (days since 1960-01-01 12:00:00) ordered [ (1 May 1980) (2 May 1980) (3 May 1980) ... (30 Nov 2012)] N= 7062 pts :grid				M
IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Carib MJJASON50km QVAPOR[ lon lat lev \| time]	M	M	M	M

This list of Active Objects appears in Expert Mode and are all the datasets that you currently have open. The last one (IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Carib MJJASON50km QVAPOR) is the one you are currently working with.

means the grid is missing

M means the grids match

O means the grids are offset

S means the grids could match by sampling

D means the grids differ

Grid Comparisons

When you have multiple variables active, a table of grid comparisons appears to the right. These comparisons are between the last variable and all the others (so the last row always has matches or blanks).

IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Carib MJJASON50km QVAPOR options

You have a number of options for working with this data set.

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You can also get the dataset output as

Dataset Documentation

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

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WRF daily MJJASON 50km

QVAPOR

As you go from left to right, the datasets listed get more and more specific, ending with the current dependent variable, IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Carib MJJASON50km QVAPOR. Datasets with documentation are marked (*): the * links to the documentation directly.

Grids

Grids are the independent variables, i.e. what the current dependent variable (QVAPOR) depends on.

lat: grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered [ (5.191093S) (4.743057S) (4.294724S) ... (49.32478N)] N= 139 pts :grid
lev: grid: /lev (hPa) ordered [ (1000.0) (925.0) (850.0) (700.0) (600.0) (500.0) (400.0) (300.0) (200.0) (100.0)] :grid
lon: grid: /lon (degree_east) ordered [ (130.5127W) (130.0629W) (129.6132W) ... (5.487339W)] N= 279 pts :grid
time: grid: /time (days since 1960-01-01 12:00:00) ordered [ (1 May 1980) (2 May 1980) (3 May 1980) ... (30 Nov 2012)] N= 7062 pts :grid

Other Info

These are additional attributes, some of which can be used to change how the data is processed or displayed.

datatype: realarraytype
FieldType: 104
missing_value: 9.96920997E36
pointwidth: 0
units: unitless