noaa_psl_ec26_ccf5_e4d2

Name: monthly mean prate.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (prate.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 prate.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (prate.mon.mean), 1948-present		F I M	background			NOAA NWS NCEP, NCAR	noaa_psl_ec26_ccf5_e4d2

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 23:55:54 1999: ncrcat prate.mon.mean.nc /Datasets/ncep.reanalysis.derived/surface_gauss/prate.mon.mean.nc /dm/dmwork/nmc.rean.ingest/combinedMMs/prate.mon.mean.nc /home/hoop/crdc/cpreanjuke2farm/cpreanjuke2farm Mon Oct 23 21:04:20 1995 from prate.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/prate.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, center, centers, data, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Water Equivalent, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate, environmental, equivalent, latitude, liquid, longitude, lwe, lwe_precipitation_rate, mean, meteorological, meteorology, month, monthly, national, ncar, ncep, nmc, noaa, nws, prate, prate.mon.mean, prate.sfc, precipitation, prediction, rain, rainfall, rate, reanalysis, research, science, service, time, water, 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	20121013
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/prate.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 prate.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 prate.sfc from the NCEP Reanalysis (prate.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	prate		float	time, latitude, longitude
attribute	prate	actual_range	float	-2.3283064E-10, 5.8904E-4
attribute	prate	colorBarMaximum	double	1.0E-4
attribute	prate	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	prate	drawLandMask	String	under
attribute	prate	ioos_category	String	Meteorology
attribute	prate	least_significant_digit	short	0
attribute	prate	level_desc	String	Surface
attribute	prate	long_name	String	Monthly Mean of Precipitation Rate
attribute	prate	missing_value	float	-9.96921E36
attribute	prate	parent_stat	String	Individual Obs
attribute	prate	precision	short	1
attribute	prate	standard_name	String	lwe_precipitation_rate
attribute	prate	statistic	String	Mean
attribute	prate	units	String	Kg/m^2/s
attribute	prate	valid_range	float	-400.0, 700.0
attribute	prate	var_desc	String	Precipitation Rate

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