Dataset Information

HDFEOSVersion: HDFEOS_V2.14
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
Conventions: CF-1.0
title: MERRA reanalysis. GEOS-5.2.0
history: File written by CFIO
institution: Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
source: Global Modeling and Assimilation Office. GEOSops_5_2_0
references: http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/merra/
comment: GEOS-5.2.0
contact: http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/


Variables in this Dataset

DELP: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Layer pressure thickness
standard_name: pressure_thickness
units: Pa
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/DELP
T: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Air temperature
standard_name: air_temperature
units: K
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/T
QV: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Specific humidity
standard_name: specific_humidity
units: kg/kg
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/QV
QL: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Cloud liquid water mixing ratio
standard_name: mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water
units: kg/kg
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/QL
QI: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Cloud ice mixing ratio
standard_name: mass_fraction_of_cloud_ice_water
units: kg/kg
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/QI
U: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Eastward component of wind
standard_name: eastward_wind
units: m/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/U
V: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Northward component of wind
standard_name: northward_wind
units: m/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/V
CFLS: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Large-scale cloud fraction
standard_name: cloud_fraction
units: fraction
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/CFLS
CFAN: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Anvil cloud fraction
standard_name: cloud_fraction
units: fraction
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/CFAN
CFCU: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Convective cloud fraction
standard_name: updraft_areal_fraction
units: fraction
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/CFCU
DQRCON: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Precipitation production rate - convective
standard_name: Surface Conv. rain flux needed by land
units: kg/kg/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/DQRCON
DQRLSC: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Precipitation production rate - large-scale
standard_name: nonanvil_large_scale_precipitation
units: kg/kg/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/DQRLSC
DQRANV: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Precipitation production rate - anvils
standard_name: anvil_precipitation
units: kg/kg/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/DQRANV
DTRAIN: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Detraining cloud mass flux
standard_name: detraining_mass_flux
units: kg/m2/s
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/DTRAIN
TAUCLI: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Layer ice cloud optical thickness
standard_name: optical_thickness_for_ice_clouds
units: nondimensional
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/TAUCLI
TAUCLW: Array of 32 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7][Height = 0..71][YDim = 0..180][XDim = 0..287]
_FillValue: 9.999999870e+14
long_name: Layer liquid cloud optical thickness
standard_name: optical_thickness_for_liquid_clouds
units: nondimensional
scale_factor: 1.000000000
add_offset: 0.000000000
missing_value: 9.999999870e+14
fmissing_value: 9.999999870e+14
vmin: -1.000000015e+30
vmax: 1.000000015e+30
valid_range: -1.000000015e+30, 1.000000015e+30
coordinates: TIME Height YDim XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/TAUCLW
XDim: Array of 64 bit Reals [XDim = 0..287]
long_name: longitude
units: degrees_east
fullpath: XDim:EOSGRID
YDim: Array of 64 bit Reals [YDim = 0..180]
long_name: latitude
units: degrees_north
fullpath: YDim:EOSGRID
Height: Array of 64 bit Reals [Height = 0..71]
long_name: vertical level
units: layer
positive: down
coordinate: eta
standard_name: model_layers
formula_term: unknown
fullpath: Height:EOSGRID
TIME: Array of 64 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7]
long_name: time
units: minutes since 2009-12-03 01:30:00
time_increment: 30000
begin_date: 20091203
begin_time: 13000
fullpath: TIME:EOSGRID
XDim_EOS: Array of 64 bit Reals [XDim = 0..287]
long_name: XDim
coordinates: XDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/XDim
YDim_EOS: Array of 64 bit Reals [YDim = 0..180]
long_name: YDim
coordinates: YDim
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/YDim
Height_EOS: Array of 64 bit Reals [Height = 0..71]
long_name: Height
coordinates: Height
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/Height
Time: Array of 64 bit Reals [TIME = 0..7]
long_name: Time
coordinates: TIME
fullpath: /EOSGRID/Data Fields/Time