CCSM4 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/sic_OImon_CCSM4_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title CCSM4 model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-industrial control
location /shared/cmip5/data/piControl/seaIce/mon/OImon/sic/NCAR.CCSM4/r1i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/sic_OImon_CCSM4_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-05-27

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:       (bnds: 2, i: 320, j: 384, time: 6012, vertices: 4)
Coordinates:
  * time          (time) float64 2.92e+05 2.92e+05 ... 4.748e+05 4.748e+05
  * j             (j) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384
  * i             (i) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320
    lat           (j, i) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(384, 320), meta=np.ndarray>
    lon           (j, i) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(384, 320), meta=np.ndarray>
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds, vertices
Data variables:
    time_bnds     (time, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(3000, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lat_vertices  (time, j, i, vertices) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(3000, 384, 320, 4), meta=np.ndarray>
    lon_vertices  (time, j, i, vertices) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(3000, 384, 320, 4), meta=np.ndarray>
    sic           (time, j, i) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(3000, 384, 320), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    institution:                  NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Resea...
    institute_id:                 NCAR
    experiment_id:                piControl
    source:                       CCSM4
    model_id:                     CCSM4
    forcing:                      Sl GHG Vl SS Ds SA BC MD OC Oz AA
    parent_experiment_id:         N/A
    parent_experiment_rip:        N/A
    branch_time:                  0.0
    contact:                      cesm_data@ucar.edu
    references:                   Gent P. R., et.al. 2011: The Community Clim...
    initialization_method:        1
    physics_version:              1
    tracking_id:                  5657b74b-1250-4949-b9dc-41de9ea78273
    acknowledgements:             The CESM project is supported by the Nation...
    cesm_casename:                b40.1850.track1.1deg.006
    cesm_repotag:                 ccsm4_0_beta23
    cesm_compset:                 B1850TR1CN
    resolution:                   f09_g16 (0.9x1.25_gx1v6)
    forcing_note:                 Additional information on the external forc...
    processed_by:                 strandwg on copper.cgd.ucar.edu at 20111128...
    processing_code_information:  Last Changed Rev: 467 Last Changed Date: 20...
    product:                      output
    experiment:                   pre-industrial control
    frequency:                    mon
    creation_date:                2011-11-28T17:45:24Z
    history:                      2011-11-28T17:45:24Z CMOR rewrote data to c...
    Conventions:                  CF-1.4
    project_id:                   CMIP5
    table_id:                     Table OImon (26 July 2011) b40ae6f6b2a738f9...
    title:                        CCSM4 model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-i...
    parent_experiment:            N/A
    modeling_realm:               seaIce ocean
    realization:                  1
    cmor_version:                 2.7.1