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_r2i1p1.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/r2i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/sic_OImon_CCSM4_piControl_r2i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-05-27

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:       (bnds: 2, i: 320, j: 384, time: 1872, vertices: 4)
Coordinates:
  * time          (time) float64 3.479e+05 3.479e+05 ... 4.047e+05 4.048e+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 ...
    lon           (j, i) float32 ...
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds, vertices
Data variables:
    time_bnds     (time, bnds) float64 3.478e+05 3.479e+05 ... 4.048e+05
    lat_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    lon_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    sic           (time, j, i) float32 ...
Attributes:
    institution:                  NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Resea...
    institute_id:                 NCAR
    experiment_id:                piControl
    source:                       CCSM4
    model_id:                     CCSM4
    forcing:                      Sl GHG SS Ds SD BC MD OC Oz AA (all fixed a...
    parent_experiment_id:         N/A
    parent_experiment_rip:        N/A
    branch_time:                  0.0
    contact:                      cesm_data@ucar.edu
    comment:                      CESM home page: http://www.cesm.ucar.edu
    references:                   Gent P. R., et.al. 2011: The Community Clim...
    initialization_method:        1
    physics_version:              1
    tracking_id:                  7273a8af-a84c-4dab-9e3f-d6077c42108a
    acknowledgements:             The CESM project is supported by the Nation...
    cesm_casename:                b40.1850.track1.1deg.006a
    cesm_repotag:                 ccsm4_0_beta53
    cesm_compset:                 B1850CN
    resolution:                   f09_g16 (0.9x1.25_gx1v6)
    forcing_note:                 Additional information on the external forc...
    processed_by:                 strandwg on silver.cgd.ucar.edu at 20120525...
    processing_code_information:  Last Changed Rev: 792 Last Changed Date: 20...
    product:                      output
    experiment:                   pre-industrial control
    frequency:                    mon
    creation_date:                2012-05-25T14:39:19Z
    history:                      2012-05-25T14:39:19Z CMOR rewrote data to c...
    Conventions:                  CF-1.4
    project_id:                   CMIP5
    table_id:                     Table OImon (01 February 2012) 0a0518510194...
    title:                        CCSM4 model output prepared for CMIP5 pre-i...
    parent_experiment:            N/A
    modeling_realm:               seaIce ocean
    realization:                  2
    cmor_version:                 2.8.1