noaa_psl_431e_bdc3_ed58

Name: monthly mean cfnlf.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (cfnlf.mon.mean), 1948-present
Creator: NOAA NWS NCEP, NCAR
License: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		public	monthly mean cfnlf.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (cfnlf.mon.mean), 1948-present		F I M	background			NOAA NWS NCEP, NCAR	noaa_psl_431e_bdc3_ed58

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_NCProperties	String	version=2,netcdf=4.6.2,hdf5=1.8.20
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	Wesley.Ebisuzaki at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	NOAA NWS NCEP, NCAR
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/reanalysis.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	dataset_title	String	NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis 1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	description	String	Data is from NMC initialized reanalysis (4x/day). It consists of T42 variables interpolated to pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	358.125
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	88.542
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-88.542
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	358.125
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	0.0
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	1.875
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	history	String	Mon Jul 5 23:24:30 1999: ncrcat cfnlf.mon.mean.nc /Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/surface_gauss/cfnlf.mon.mean.nc /dm/dmwork/nmc.rean.ingest/combinedMMs/cfnlf.mon.mean.nc /home/hoop/crdc/cpreanjuke2farm/cpreanjuke2farm Sat Oct 21 20:30:24 1995 from cfnlf.sfc.gauss.85.nc created 95/03/13 by Hoop (netCDF2.3) Converted to chunked, deflated non-packed NetCDF4 2014/09
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/surface_gauss/cfnlf.mon.mean.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	http://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA NWS NCEP, NCAR
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	atmosphere, atmospheric, budget, center, centers, cfnlf, cfnlf.mon.mean, cfnlf.sfc, cloud, cloud cover, cloudiness, cover, data, downward, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Longwave Radiation, Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Heat Budget > Longwave Radiation, environmental, flux, forcing, heat, heat flux, latitude, longitude, longwave, mean, meteorological, month, monthly, national, ncar, ncep, net, nmc, noaa, nws, ocean, oceans, prediction, radiation, reanalysis, research, science, service, surface, surface_net_downward_longwave_flux, time, weather
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	NCO	String	20121012
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	88.542
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform	String	Model
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	http://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.derived.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/surface_gauss/cfnlf.mon.mean.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-88.542
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	monthly mean cfnlf.sfc from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Reanalysis. Data is from National Meteorological Center (NMC) initialized reanalysis (4x/day). It consists of T42 variables interpolated to pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	testOutOfDate	String	now-68days
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2025-02-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	monthly mean cfnlf.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (cfnlf.mon.mean), 1948-present
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	0.0
dimension	time		double	nValues=926, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=30 days 10h 32m 3s
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	-6.943104E8, 1.738368E9
attribute	time	avg_period	String	0000-01-00 00:00:00
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	delta_t	String	0000-01-00 00:00:00
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time	prev_avg_period	String	0000-00-01 00:00:00
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension	latitude		float	nValues=94, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=-1.9041290322580646
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	-88.542, 88.542
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
dimension	longitude		float	nValues=192, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=1.875
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	0.0, 358.125
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	cfnlf		float	time, latitude, longitude
attribute	cfnlf	actual_range	float	-16.032259, 74.39673
attribute	cfnlf	colorBarMaximum	double	500.0
attribute	cfnlf	colorBarMinimum	double	-500.0
attribute	cfnlf	drawLandMask	String	under
attribute	cfnlf	GRIB_id	short	165
attribute	cfnlf	GRIB_name	String	CFNLF
attribute	cfnlf	ioos_category	String	Heat Flux
attribute	cfnlf	least_significant_digit	short	0
attribute	cfnlf	level_desc	String	Surface
attribute	cfnlf	long_name	String	Monthly Mean of Cloud Forcing Net Longwave Flux
attribute	cfnlf	missing_value	float	-9.96921E36
attribute	cfnlf	parent_stat	String	Individual Obs
attribute	cfnlf	precision	short	1
attribute	cfnlf	standard_name	String	surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
attribute	cfnlf	statistic	String	Mean
attribute	cfnlf	units	String	W/m^2
attribute	cfnlf	valid_range	float	-100.0, 200.0
attribute	cfnlf	var_desc	String	Cloud Forcing Net Longwave Flux

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