MRI-CGCM3 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_MRI-CGCM3_historical_r2i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title MRI-CGCM3 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/landIce/mon/LImon/snw/MRI.MRI-CGCM3/r2i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/snw_LImon_MRI-CGCM3_historical_r2i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-05-26

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:    (bnds: 2, lat: 160, lon: 320, time: 1872)
Coordinates:
  * time       (time) float64 15.5 45.0 74.5 ... 5.69e+04 5.693e+04 5.696e+04
  * lat        (lat) float64 -89.14 -88.03 -86.91 -85.79 ... 86.91 88.03 89.14
  * lon        (lon) float64 0.0 1.125 2.25 3.375 ... 355.5 356.6 357.8 358.9
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    time_bnds  (time, bnds) float64 0.0 31.0 31.0 ... 5.695e+04 5.698e+04
    lat_bnds   (lat, bnds) float64 -90.0 -88.59 -88.59 ... 88.59 88.59 90.0
    lon_bnds   (lon, bnds) float64 -0.5625 0.5625 0.5625 ... 358.3 358.3 359.4
    snw        (time, lat, lon) float32 ...
Attributes:
    institution:            MRI (Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, ...
    institute_id:           MRI
    experiment_id:          historical
    source:                 MRI-CGCM3 2011 atmosphere: GSMUV (gsmuv-110112, T...
    model_id:               MRI-CGCM3
    forcing:                GHG, SA, Oz, LU, Sl, Vl, BC, OC (GHG includes CO2...
    parent_experiment_id:   piControl
    parent_experiment_rip:  r1i1p1
    branch_time:            47116.0
    contact:                Seiji Yukimoto (yukimoto@mri-jma.go.jp)
    history:                Output from /sharex2/cmip5/historical/run-C3_hist...
    references:             Model described by Yukimoto et al. (Technical Rep...
    initialization_method:  1
    physics_version:        1
    tracking_id:            6ef97698-dc5c-4efb-8c0d-d18403b77080
    product:                output
    experiment:             historical
    frequency:              mon
    creation_date:          2011-05-30T15:45:19Z
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table LImon (27 April 2011) 5a70adac85c24b52fe62c...
    title:                  MRI-CGCM3 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
    parent_experiment:      pre-industrial control
    modeling_realm:         landIce land
    realization:            2
    cmor_version:           2.6.0