EC-Earth model output prepared for CMIP5 historical

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog
cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/hfls_Amon_EC-EARTH_historical_r7i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title EC-Earth model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/atmos/mon/Amon/hfls/ICHEC.EC-EARTH/r7i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/hfls_Amon_EC-EARTH_historical_r7i1p1.yaml
last updated 2017-08-17

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:    (bnds: 2, lat: 160, lon: 320, time: 1956)
Coordinates:
  * time       (time) float64 15.5 45.0 74.5 ... 4.672e+03 4.703e+03 4.734e+03
  * lat        (lat) float64 -89.14 -88.03 -86.91 -85.79 ... 86.91 88.03 89.14
  * lon        (lon) float64 0.0 1.125 2.25 3.375 ... 355.5 356.6 357.8 358.9
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    time_bnds  (time, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(600, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lat_bnds   (time, lat, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(600, 160, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lon_bnds   (time, lon, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(600, 320, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    hfls       (time, lat, lon) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(600, 160, 320), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    institution:            EC-Earth (European Earth System Model)
    institute_id:           ICHEC
    experiment_id:          historical
    source:                 EC-Earth 2.3 (2011); atmosphere: IFS (cy31R1+modi...
    model_id:               EC-EARTH
    forcing:                Nat,Ant
    parent_experiment_id:   piControl
    parent_experiment_rip:  r1i1p1
    branch_time:            2190.0
    contact:                Alastair McKinstry<alastair.mckinstry@ichec.ie
    history:                Mon Jan  7 12:37:20 2013: ncatted -a institution,...
    comment:                AEMET contact jparodip-at-aemet.es
    references:             Model described by Hazeleger et al. (Bull. Amer. ...
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            5bc4411d-f47d-4e22-9a2b-adb4cb69b94a
    product:                output
    experiment:             historical
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2012-05-14T09:18:13Z
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table Amon (26 July 2011) b26379e76858ab98b927917...
    title:                  EC-Earth model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
    parent_experiment:      pre-industrial control
    modeling_realm:         atmos
    realization:            7
    cmor_version:           2.7.1