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NARCCAP crcm ncep Table 5

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/CRCM/ncep/table5/zg_CRCM_ncep_p650_1979010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    xc = 140;
    yc = 115;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (5848 currently)
  variables:
    double level;
      :units = "hPa";
      :long_name = "pressure";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";
      :coordinate_defines = "point";
      :actual_range = 650.0f, 650.0f; // float

    double yc(yc=115);
      :units = "m";
      :long_name = "y-coordinate of polar_stereographic projection";
      :standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate";
      :axis = "Y";
      :coordinate_defines = "point";
      :actual_range = 0.0f, 5700000.0f; // float

    double xc(xc=140);
      :units = "m";
      :long_name = "x-coordinate of polar_stereographic projection";
      :standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate";
      :axis = "X";
      :coordinate_defines = "point";
      :actual_range = 0.0f, 6950000.0f; // float

    double time(time=5848);
      :long_name = "time";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:0.0";

    double lon(yc=115, xc=140);
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :axis = "X";
      :actual_range = 200.05756f, 325.94244f; // float

    double lat(yc=115, xc=140);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :axis = "Y";
      :actual_range = 20.526392f, 73.01475f; // float

    char polar_stereographic;
      :straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263.0f; // float
      :standard_parallel = 60.0f; // float
      :false_easting = 3475000.0f; // float
      :false_northing = 7475000.0f; // float
      :latitude_of_projection_origin = 90.0f; // float
      :grid_mapping_name = "polar_stereographic";
      :resolution_at_standard_parallel = 50000.0f; // float

    float zg(time=5848, yc=115, xc=140);
      :units = "m";
      :type = "instantaneaous";
      :long_name = "Geopotential Height";
      :standard_name = "geopotential_height";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :add_offset = 0.0f; // float
      :scale_factor = 1.0f; // float
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";
      :level_desc = "Pressure Levels";
      :grid_desc = "polar_stereographic";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :institution = "Ouranos (Ouranos, Montreal, PQ, Canada)";
  :source = "CRCM(2006):atmosphere:CRCMv4.2.0(50km,29levels):sea ice:AMIPII:land:CLASSv2.7";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :realization = "1";
  :experiment_id = "present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :contact1 = "Sebastien Biner";
  :contact2 = "biner.sebastien@ouranos.ca";
  :contact3 = "550 Sherbrooke Ouest, 19e etage, Montreal, PQ, H3A 1B9, Canada";
  :contact4 = "tel : (514)282.6464 poste 263";
  :history = "created 24/04/2004 by Ton Nom (netCDF3.6.1 udunits1.12.4)";
  :table_id = "Table 5";
}