MPI-ESM-P 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/snw_LImon_MPI-ESM-P_historical_r1i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title MPI-ESM-P model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/landIce/mon/LImon/snw/MPI-M.MPI-ESM-P/r1i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/snw_LImon_MPI-ESM-P_historical_r1i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-06-14

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:    (bnds: 2, lat: 96, lon: 192, time: 1872)
Coordinates:
  * time       (time) float64 3.653e+05 3.653e+05 ... 4.222e+05 4.222e+05
  * lat        (lat) float64 -88.57 -86.72 -84.86 -83.0 ... 84.86 86.72 88.57
  * 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 3.652e+05 3.653e+05 ... 4.222e+05 4.222e+05
    lat_bnds   (lat, bnds) float64 -90.0 -87.65 -87.65 ... 87.65 87.65 90.0
    lon_bnds   (lon, bnds) float64 -0.9375 0.9375 0.9375 ... 357.2 357.2 359.1
    snw        (time, lat, lon) float32 ...
Attributes:
    institution:            Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
    institute_id:           MPI-M
    experiment_id:          historical
    source:                 MPI-ESM-P 2011; URL: http://svn.zmaw.de/svn/cosmo...
    model_id:               MPI-ESM-P
    forcing:                GHG Oz SD Sl Vl LU
    parent_experiment_id:   past1000
    parent_experiment_rip:  r1i1p1
    branch_time:            365242.0
    contact:                cmip5-mpi-esm@dkrz.de
    history:                Model raw output postprocessing with modelling en...
    comment:                The historical experiments with MPI-ESM-P differ ...
    references:             ECHAM6: n/a; JSBACH: Raddatz et al., 2007. Will t...
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            afc55951-8be7-45d9-89ed-d81f33dac480
    product:                output
    experiment:             historical
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2012-02-17T14:56:48Z
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table LImon (12 January 2012) 429410275cb5466e411...
    title:                  MPI-ESM-P model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
    parent_experiment:      last millennium
    modeling_realm:         landIce land
    realization:            1
    cmor_version:           2.6.0