HadGEM2-AO model output prepared for CMIP5 historical

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from intake import open_catalog
cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/hfss_Amon_HadGEM2-AO_historical_r1i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title HadGEM2-AO model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/atmos/mon/Amon/hfss/NIMR-KMA.HadGEM2-AO/r1i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/hfss_Amon_HadGEM2-AO_historical_r1i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-06-14

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:    (bnds: 2, lat: 145, lon: 192, time: 1752)
Coordinates:
  * time       (time) float64 15.0 45.0 75.0 ... 5.248e+04 5.252e+04 5.254e+04
  * lat        (lat) float64 -90.0 -88.75 -87.5 -86.25 ... 86.25 87.5 88.75 90.0
  * lon        (lon) float64 0.0 1.875 3.75 5.625 ... 352.5 354.4 356.2 358.1
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    time_bnds  (time, bnds) float64 0.0 30.0 30.0 ... 5.253e+04 5.256e+04
    lat_bnds   (lat, bnds) float64 -90.62 -89.38 -89.38 ... 89.38 89.38 90.62
    lon_bnds   (lon, bnds) float64 -0.9375 0.9375 0.9375 ... 357.2 357.2 359.1
    hfss       (time, lat, lon) float32 ...
Attributes:
    institution:            NIMR (National Institute of Meteorological Resear...
    institute_id:           NIMR-KMA
    experiment_id:          historical
    source:                 HadGEM2-AO r6.6.3 (2010): atmosphere:  HadGAM (Ha...
    model_id:               HadGEM2-AO
    forcing:                Nat, Ant, GHG, SA, Oz, LU, Sl, Vl, SS, Ds, BC, MD...
    parent_experiment_id:   piControl
    branch_time:            0.0
    contact:                Hyo-Shin Lee
    history:                Output from archive/hadgem2-ao. 2011-12-19T05:20:...
    references:             Model described by Johns et al. (J. Clim., 2006, ...
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            ca22620f-3d83-47c7-b3fc-9eed87c55c86
    product:                output
    experiment:             historical
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2011-12-19T05:20:36Z
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table Amon (08 July 2010) 0f29d14a72ad86a2466d830...
    title:                  HadGEM2-AO model output prepared for CMIP5 histor...
    parent_experiment:      pre-industrial control
    modeling_realm:         atmos
    realization:            1
    cmor_version:           2.0.1