EC-Earth 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/volcello_fx_EC-EARTH_historical_r0i0p0.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title EC-Earth model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
location /shared/cmip5/data/historical/ocean/fx/fx/volcello/ICHEC.EC-EARTH/r0i0p0
tags gridded,global,model,fx
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/volcello_fx_EC-EARTH_historical_r0i0p0.yaml
last updated 2015-10-21

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:       (bnds: 2, i: 362, j: 292, lev: 42, vertices: 4)
Coordinates:
  * lev           (lev) float64 5.022 15.08 25.16 ... 5.051e+03 5.35e+03
  * j             (j) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292
  * i             (i) int32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds, vertices
Data variables:
    lev_bnds      (lev, bnds) float64 0.0 10.05 10.05 ... 5.201e+03 5.5e+03
    lat           (j, i) float32 ...
    lon           (j, i) float32 ...
    lat_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    lon_vertices  (j, i, vertices) float32 ...
    volcello      (lev, j, i) float32 ...
Attributes:
    CDI:                    Climate Data Interface version 1.4.5 (http://code...
    Conventions:            CF-1.0
    CDO:                    Climate Data Operators version 1.4.5 (http://code...
    model_id:               EC-EARTH
    source:                 EC-EARTH: (2011) ; atmosphere: IFS (cy31r1, 100);...
    title:                  EC-Earth model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
    modeling_realm:         ocean
    institution:            EC-Earth (European Earth System Model)
    institute_id:           ICHEC
    comment:                U cell area for ORCA1 configuration
    contact:                Alastair McKinstry <alastair.mckinstry@ichec.ie>
    references:             Model described by Hazeleger et al. (Bull. Amer. ...
    product:                output
    project_id:             CMIP5
    parent_experiment_id:   piControl
    parent_experiment_rip:  r1i1p1
    initialization_method:  0
    realization:            0
    physics_version:        0
    frequency:              fx
    experiment_id:          historical
    tracking_id:            d29693b4-2d5e-46be-a16c-dc73e5ee7f8c
    table_id:               Table fx (27 April 2011) becb0e555e7f575d5973a833...
    creation_date:          2013-03-13T01:00:02Z
    forcing:                Nat,Ant
    branch_time:            0.0