Download data from cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331%2Enc

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Global attributes

NC_GLOBAL
_FillValue
nan
created_on
Fri Nov 4 09:08:48 2016
contact
Zhe Feng: zhe.feng@pnnl.gov
title
CPOL feature statistics

Downloading data

In the form below you can specify desired variables and their dimensions, and have the data downloaded in different formats depending on the server configuration.

julian_date

:

units
Julian number after October 4, 1582-10-4 12:00:00
long_name
Julian Date Number
comment
To convert to calendar date in IDL: CALDAT, julian_day, Month [, Day [, Year [, Hour [, Minute [, Second]]]]]

year

:

long_name
Year

month

:

long_name
Month

day

:

long_name
Day

hour

:

long_name
Hour

minute

:

long_name
Minute

filecheck

:

comment
0:missing, 1:exists
long_name
File existence check flag

ncell

:

units
unitless
long_name
Number of convective cells

conv_area

:

:

units
km^2
long_name
Convective cell area
_FillValue
nan

conv_majoraxislength

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell major axis length
_FillValue
nan

conv_perimeter

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell perimeter
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz0

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 0 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_dbz10

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell mean 10 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_maxdbz0

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell max 0 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_maxdbz10

:

:

units
km
long_name
Convective cell max 10 dBZ echo-top height
_FillValue
nan

conv_avgdbz

:

:

units
dBZ
long_name
Convective cell mean reflectivity at convsf level
_FillValue
nan

pf_area

:

:

units
km^2
long_name
Precipitation Feature area
_FillValue
nan

pf_majoraxislength

:

:

units
km
long_name
Precipitation Feature major axis length
_FillValue
nan

rain_area_fraction

:

units
unitless
long_name
Rain area fraction
_FillValue
nan

pf_area_fraction

:

units
unitless
long_name
Precipitation feature area fraction
_FillValue
nan

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Downloading data with Ferret

To access this dataset with the Ferret visualization and analysis environment from PMEL:

$ ferret
yes? use "https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331.nc"
yes? show data

Downloading data with GrADS

To access this dataset with the GrADS data analysis and visualization software developed by COLA:

$ grads
ga-> sdfopen https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331.nc
ga-> query file

Downloading data with IDL

To access this dataset with the IDL data analysis and visualization package:

IDL> url = 'https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331.nc'
IDL> id = ncdf_open(url)
IDL> res = ncdf_inquire(id)
IDL> help, res

Downloading data with Pydap

To access this dataset using the Pydap Python module:

$ python
>>> from pydap.client import open_url
>>> dataset = open_url("https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331.nc")
>>> import pprint
>>> pprint.pprint( dataset.keys() )
['julian_date',
 'year',
 'month',
 'day',
 'hour',
 'minute',
 'filecheck',
 'ncell',
 'conv_area',
 'conv_majoraxislength',
 'conv_perimeter',
 'conv_dbz0',
 'conv_dbz10',
 'conv_maxdbz0',
 'conv_maxdbz10',
 'conv_avgdbz',
 'pf_area',
 'pf_majoraxislength',
 'rain_area_fraction',
 'pf_area_fraction']

Downloading data with other Opendap clients

There are other Opendap clients that can access this dataset, including Matlab and several command line utilities. You should know that the URL for this dataset is https://sgn-pub-01.nersc.gov/pydap/cpmmjo/STOMP/cpol_pf_stats_20060101_20060331.nc (i.e., the .html extension should be omitted when opening this dataset on an Opendap client).

pydap/3.1.1