GISS-E2-R model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-industrial control

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog
cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/rsus_Amon_GISS-E2-R_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title GISS-E2-R model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-industrial control
location /shared/cmip5/data/piControl/atmos/mon/Amon/rsus/NASA-GISS.GISS-E2-R/r1i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/rsus_Amon_GISS-E2-R_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-06-14

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:    (bnds: 2, lat: 90, lon: 144, time: 10200)
Coordinates:
  * time       (time) float64 15.5 45.0 74.5 ... 9.048e+03 9.079e+03 9.11e+03
  * lat        (lat) float64 -89.0 -87.0 -85.0 -83.0 ... 83.0 85.0 87.0 89.0
  * lon        (lon) float64 1.25 3.75 6.25 8.75 ... 351.2 353.8 356.2 358.8
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    time_bnds  (time, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(300, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lat_bnds   (time, lat, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(300, 90, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lon_bnds   (time, lon, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(300, 144, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    rsus       (time, lat, lon) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(300, 90, 144), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    institution:            NASA/GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) N...
    institute_id:           NASA-GISS
    experiment_id:          piControl
    source:                 GISS-E2-R-E125F40oQ32 Atmosphere: GISS-E2; Ocean: R
    model_id:               GISS-E2-R
    forcing:                N/A
    parent_experiment_id:   N/A
    branch_time:            0.0
    contact:                Kenneth Lo (cdkkl@giss.nasa.gov)
    references:             www.giss.nasa.gov/research/modeling
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            28b2feee-6556-465e-939b-975c72729ed5
    product:                output
    experiment:             pre-industrial control
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2010-12-14T13:23:48Z
    history:                2010-12-14T13:23:48Z CMOR rewrote data to comply ...
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table Amon (17 September 2010) 2bcb9818a4f88c67db...
    title:                  GISS-E2-R model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-ind...
    parent_experiment:      N/A
    modeling_realm:         atmos
    realization:            1
    cmor_version:           2.2.1