MPI-ESM-LR 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/sit_OImon_MPI-ESM-LR_historical_r3i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title MPI-ESM-LR model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/seaIce/mon/OImon/sit/MPI-M.MPI-ESM-LR/r3i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/sit_OImon_MPI-ESM-LR_historical_r3i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-05-26

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:       (bnds: 2, i: 256, j: 220, time: 1872, vertices: 4)
Coordinates:
  * time          (time) float64 15.5 45.0 74.5 ... 5.69e+04 5.693e+04 5.696e+04
  * j             (j) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220
  * i             (i) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256
    lat           (j, i) float32 76.3555 76.29813 ... -77.39489 -77.53923
    lon           (j, i) float32 312.7453 312.30536 ... 132.536 133.77249
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds, vertices
Data variables:
    time_bnds     (time, bnds) float64 0.0 31.0 31.0 ... 5.695e+04 5.698e+04
    lat_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    lon_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    sit           (time, j, i) float32 ...
Attributes:
    institution:            Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
    institute_id:           MPI-M
    experiment_id:          historical
    source:                 MPI-ESM-LR 2011; URL: http://svn.zmaw.de/svn/cosm...
    model_id:               MPI-ESM-LR
    forcing:                GHG Oz SD Sl Vl LU
    parent_experiment_id:   piControl
    parent_experiment_rip:  r1i1p1
    branch_time:            25932.0
    contact:                cmip5-mpi-esm@dkrz.de
    history:                Model raw output postprocessing with modelling en...
    references:             ECHAM6: n/a; JSBACH: Raddatz et al., 2007. Will t...
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            8dc40f6c-b169-4661-8fdb-7d8b00975f07
    product:                output
    experiment:             historical
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2011-06-20T13:11:44Z
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table OImon (27 April 2011) f04ba250f3acd5b9e847c...
    title:                  MPI-ESM-LR model output prepared for CMIP5 histor...
    parent_experiment:      pre-industrial control
    modeling_realm:         seaIce ocean
    realization:            3
    cmor_version:           2.5.9