NOAA GFDL GFDL-CM3, pre-industrial control (run 1) experiment output for CMIP5 AR5

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog
cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/va_Amon_GFDL-CM3_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title NOAA GFDL GFDL-CM3, pre-industrial control (run 1) experiment output for CMIP5 AR5
location /shared/cmip5/data/piControl/atmos/mon/Amon/va/NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-CM3/r1i1p1
tags gridded,global,model,monthly
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/va_Amon_GFDL-CM3_piControl_r1i1p1.yaml
last updated 2013-06-14

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:     (bnds: 2, lat: 90, lon: 144, plev: 23, time: 6000)
Coordinates:
  * plev        (plev) float64 1e+05 9.25e+04 8.5e+04 ... 300.0 200.0 100.0
  * time        (time) float64 15.5 45.0 74.5 ... 1.824e+05 1.825e+05 1.825e+05
  * lat         (lat) float64 -89.0 -87.0 -85.0 -83.0 ... 83.0 85.0 87.0 89.0
  * lon         (lon) float64 1.25 3.75 6.25 8.75 ... 351.2 353.8 356.2 358.8
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    time_bnds   (time, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lat_bnds    (time, lat, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60, 90, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    lon_bnds    (time, lon, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60, 144, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    va          (time, plev, lat, lon) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(60, 23, 90, 144), meta=np.ndarray>
    average_T1  (time) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60,), meta=np.ndarray>
    average_T2  (time) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60,), meta=np.ndarray>
    average_DT  (time) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(60,), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    title:                  NOAA GFDL GFDL-CM3, pre-industrial control (run 1...
    institute_id:           NOAA GFDL
    source:                 GFDL-CM3 2010 atmosphere: AM3 (AM3p9,C48L48); sea...
    contact:                gfdl.climate.model.info@noaa.gov
    project_id:             CMIP5
    table_id:               Table Amon (31 Jan 2011)
    experiment_id:          piControl
    realization:            1
    modeling_realm:         atmos
    tracking_id:            7cb6788c-b9cf-4060-b635-3325208e47f8
    Conventions:            CF-1.4
    references:             The GFDL Data Portal (http://nomads.gfdl.noaa.gov...
    comment:                GFDL experiment name: CM3Z_Control-1860_D1
GFDL ...
    gfdl_experiment_name:   CM3Z_Control-1860_D1
    creation_date:          2011-10-12T17:13:31Z
    model_id:               GFDL-CM3
    branch_time:            0.0
    experiment:             pre-industrial control
    forcing:                N/A
    frequency:              mon
    initialization_method:  1
    parent_experiment_id:   N/A
    physics_version:        1
    product:                output1
    institution:            NOAA GFDL(201 Forrestal Rd, Princeton, NJ, 08540)
    history:                File was processed by fremetar (GFDL analog of CM...
    parent_experiment_rip:  N/A