NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS Monthly Temperature

  1. main
  2. obs
  3. gridded
  4. atm
  5. air_temperature
  6. ghcn_cams

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog

cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/ghcn_cams.yaml")
list(cat)

Metadata

title NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS Monthly Temperature
location /shared/obs/gridded/GHCN_CAMS
tags gridded,obs,atm,air
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/ghcn_cams.yaml
last updated 2020-05-28

Dataset Contents

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xarray.Dataset
    • lat: 360
    • lon: 720
    • time: 867
    • lat
      (lat)
      float32
      89.75 89.25 88.75 ... -89.25 -89.75
      actual_range :
      [ 89.75 -89.75]
      long_name :
      Latitude
      units :
      degrees_north
      axis :
      Y
      standard_name :
      latitude
      coordinate_defines :
      center
      array([ 89.75,  89.25,  88.75, ..., -88.75, -89.25, -89.75], dtype=float32)
    • lon
      (lon)
      float32
      0.25 0.75 1.25 ... 359.25 359.75
      long_name :
      Longitude
      units :
      degrees_east
      axis :
      X
      standard_name :
      longitude
      actual_range :
      [2.5000e-01 3.5975e+02]
      coordinate_defines :
      center
      array([2.5000e-01, 7.5000e-01, 1.2500e+00, ..., 3.5875e+02, 3.5925e+02,
       3.5975e+02], dtype=float32)
    • time
      (time)
      datetime64[ns]
      1948-01-01 ... 2020-03-01
      long_name :
      Time
      delta_t :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      avg_period :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      axis :
      T
      standard_name :
      time
      coordinate_defines :
      start
      actual_range :
      [1297320. 1929912.]
      array([1948-01-01T00:00:00.000000000, 1948-02-01T00:00:00.000000000,
       1948-03-01T00:00:00.000000000, ..., 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000000000,
       2020-02-01T00:00:00.000000000, 2020-03-01T00:00:00.000000000],
      dtype=datetime64[ns])
    • air
      (time, lat, lon)
      float32
      ...
      long_name :
      Monthly mean of surface temperature
      units :
      degK
      dataset :
      NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS
      var_desc :
      Air Temperature
      level_desc :
      Surface
      statistic :
      Mean
      parent_stat :
      Other
      standard_name :
      air_temperature
      cell_methods :
      time: mean
      valid_range :
      [150. 400.]
      actual_range :
      [186.77 335.75]
      [224726400 values with dtype=float32]
  • title :
    NOAA/NCEP GHCN CAMS Monthly Temperature
    Conventions :
    CF-1.0
    Source :
    http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.NCEP/.CPC/.GHCN_CAMS/.gridded/.deg0p5/
    version :
    3.01
    history :
    created 8/2012 by CAS NOAA/ESRL PSDupdated to include major version change Oct 14, 2015. Antarctica temperature is no longer in the dataset
    dataset_title :
    Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Global Land Surface Air Temperature Analysis
    References :
    https://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.ghcncams.html