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  ds319.1 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, 1998: Climate Model Products from the First-generation Global Coupled Model at the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. Dataset ds319.1 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds319.1/.
Types of data:
  • Grids
 Data formats:
Data contributors:
  • CA/EC/MSC/CRB/CCMA > Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Branch, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada
Projects that are supported by the data:
  • IPCC > Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Total volume:  48.408 Gbytes

Go to Dataset-specific ASCII Summary
Summary for Grids in WMO GRIB1 Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There are multiple products and/or geographical coverages for the grids in this format. Click a variable name to see the available products and coverages for that variable.
Variable
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Downward short-wave radiation flux (W m-2)
• Ground or water surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Maximum temperature (K)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Minimum temperature (K)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Precipitation rate (mm day-1)
• Ground or water surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Pressure reduced to MSL (Pa)
• Mean sea level  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Specific humidity (kg kg-1)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Temperature (K)
• Specified height above ground: 2 m  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00
Wind speed (m s-1)
• Specified height above ground: 10 m  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 00:00

Go to WMO GRIB1 Summary
Summary for Grids in Dataset-specific ASCII Format
Product and Coverage Information:
There are multiple products and/or geographical coverages for the grids in this format. Click a variable name to see the available products and coverages for that variable.
Variable
Vertical LevelsTemporal Valid Range
Anemometer (10m) U-wind (m s-1)
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Anemometer (10m) V-wind (m s-1)
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Daily maximum screen temperature (deg C)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Daily minimum screen temperature (deg C)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Evaporation rate (kg m-2 s-1)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Geopotential height (m)
• ETA level: 6   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 23   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 62   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 124   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 206   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 341   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 542   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 739   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 872   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 916   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 960   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 1000 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Ground cover mask
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 1975-07-31 12:00
Incident longwave flux at surface (W m-2)
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Incident shortwave flux at the surface (W m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Log of surface pressure (mbar)
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 1975-07-31 12:00
Mean 10m wind speed (m s-1)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Mean sea-level pressure (mbar)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Meridional wind (m s-1)
• ETA level: 12   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 38   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 88   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 160   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 265   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 430   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 633   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 803   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 915   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 980   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2098-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Net freshwater flux at ocean top (kg m-2 s-1)
• Surface  1975-01-01 23:00 to 2100-12-31 23:00
Net longwave flux at atmosphere top (W m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Planetary albedo
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Precipitation rate (kg m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Reflected shortwave flux at the surface (W m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Reflected shortwave flux at the top of the atmosphere (W m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Screen temperature (deg C)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Sea ice (kg m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Skin temperature (deg C)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Snow amount (kg m-2)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Soil moisture (frozen plus liquid) capacity (%)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Specific humidity (kg kg-1)
• ETA level: 12   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 38   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 88   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 160   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 265   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 430   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 633   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 803   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 915   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 980   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Surface geopotential height (m)
• Surface  1975-01-01 00:00 to 1975-07-31 12:00
Surface pressure
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Temperature (deg C)
• ETA level: 12   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 38   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 88   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 160   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 265   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 430   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 633   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 803   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 915   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 980   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Total cloud (%)
• Surface  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Variance of geopotential height (m2)
• Isobaric level: 1000 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Variance of meridional wind ([m s-1]2)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Variance of specific humidity ([kg kg-1]2)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Variance of temperature ([deg C]2)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Variance of zonal wind ([m s-1]2)
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00
Zonal wind (m s-1)
• ETA level: 12   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 38   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 88   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 160   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 265   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 430   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 633   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 803   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 915   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• ETA level: 980   1975-01-01 00:00 to 2099-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 850 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 500 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 12:00
• Isobaric level: 200 mbar  1900-01-01 00:00 to 2100-12-31 00:00

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