Region¶
Available Regions and Boundaries¶
The following geographic regions and their bounding boxes are available for analysis. Latitudes (LAT) range from South (-90) to North (90), and Longitudes (LON) range from West (-180) to East (180).
Region Argument |
Description |
Latitude Range |
Longitude Range |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Northern polar region |
60 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Southern polar region |
-90 to -60 |
-180 to 180 |
|
North America |
25 to 60 |
-145 to -50 |
|
Western North America |
25 to 60 |
-145 to -97.5 |
|
Extended North America |
25 to 85 |
-170 to -40 |
|
Global World |
-90 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Northern Extratropics |
20 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Southern Extratropics |
-90 to -20 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Northern Hemisphere |
0 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Southern Hemisphere |
-90 to 0 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Asia |
25 to 60 |
65 to 145 |
|
Europe |
25 to 70 |
-10 to 28 |
|
Mexico |
15 to 30 |
-130 to -60 |
|
Canada |
45 to 90 |
-151 to -50 |
|
Hudson Bay |
55 to 90 |
-90 to -60 |
|
Canadian Arctic |
58 to 90 |
-141 to -50 |
|
United States |
25 to 45 |
-130 to -70 |
|
Southeastern United States |
25 to 40 |
-100 to -70 |
|
Eastern North America |
25 to 60 |
-97.5 to -50 |
|
Extended Eastern North America |
25 to 85 |
-97.5 to -50 |
|
Extended Western North America |
25 to 85 |
-170 to -97.5 |
|
Tropics 30 |
-30 to 30 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Tropics |
-20 to 20 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Australia |
-55 to -10 |
90 to 180 |
|
Pacific |
20 to 65 |
130 to -150 |
|
Atlantic |
20 to 65 |
-80 to -1 |
|
Alaska |
50 to 75 |
-180 to -140 |
|
HIMAP East |
35 to 65 |
-105 to -50 |
|
HIMAP West |
40 to 65 |
-135 to -90 |
|
Extreme South |
-90 to -87 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Extreme North |
87 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Western Tropics |
-20 to 0 |
180 to -90 |
|
Band from 60°N to 90°N |
60 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Band from 30°N to 60°N |
30 to 60 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Band from 0°N to 30°N |
0 to 30 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Band from 30°S to 0°N |
-30 to 0 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Band from 60°S to 30°S |
-60 to -30 |
-180 to 180 |
|
Band from 90°S to 60°S |
-90 to -60 |
-180 to 180 |
|
RapidScat coverage |
-55 to 55 |
-180 to 180 |
|
North Polar Stereographic |
0 to 90 |
-180 to 180 |
|
South Polar Stereographic |
-90 to 0 |
-180 to 180 |