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NARCCAP ecp2 gfdl-current Table 3

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/ECP2/gfdl-current/table3/zg500_ECP2_gfdl_1986010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 116;
    xc = 147;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14600 currently)
  variables:
    float lat(yc=116, xc=147);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";

    double level;
      :axis = "Z";
      :long_name = "pressure level";
      :units = "hPa";
      :positive = "down";
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";

    float lon(yc=116, xc=147);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :axis = "X";

    char polar_stereographic;
      :grid_mapping_name = "polar_stereographic";
      :latitude_of_projection_origin = 90.0; // double
      :standard_parallel = 60.0; // double
      :false_easting = 4700000.0; // double
      :false_northing = 8400000.0; // double
      :longitude_of_central_meridian = 263.0; // double
      :straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263.0; // double

    double time(time=14600);
      :standard_name = "time";
      :long_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :units = "days since 1968-01-01 00:00:0.0";
      :calendar = "365_day";

    double xc(xc=147);
      :long_name = "x-coordinate of Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate";
      :axis = "X";
      :units = "m";

    double yc(yc=116);
      :long_name = "y-coordinate of Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate";
      :axis = "Y";
      :units = "m";

    float zg500(time=14600, yc=116, xc=147);
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_units = "gpm";
      :long_name = "500 hPa Geopotential Height";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_name = "HGT_GDS5_ISBL";
      :units = "m";
      :standard_name = "geopotential_height";
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";

  // global attributes:
  :creation_date = "Thu Dec 15 12:47:56 MST 2011";
  :NCL_Version = "6.0.0";
  :system = "Linux mirage3 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 20 13:03:08 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux";
  :grib_source = "r_pgb.ft03.grb";
  :title = "ECPC-RSM output prepared for NARCCAP present-day control for GFDL 20C3M";
  :history = "Tue Jan 10 22:47:41 2012: ncks -O -d xc,24,170 -d yc,18,133 zg500_ECP2_gfdl_1986010103.nc zg500_ECP2_gfdl_1986010103.nc\nThu Jan  5 12:05:07 2012: ncks -d time,1986-01-01 03:00:00,1991-01-01 00:00:00 zg500.nc zg500_ECP2_gfdl_1986010103.nc\nFri Dec 30 14:47:59 2011: ncks -A height.500mb.nc zg500.nc\nFri Dec 30 13:37:44 2011: ncks -A ancillary.ECP2.nc zg500.nc\nWed Dec 28 19:23:47 2011: ncks -A time.3hrly.gfdl-current.nc zg500.nc\nTue Dec 27 12:29:55 2011: ncrename -v HGT_GDS5_ISBL_10,zg500 zg500.nc\nTue Dec 27 12:12:05 2011: ncwa -d lv_ISBL3,11,11 -a lv_ISBL3 HGT_GDS5_ISBL_10.nc zg500.nc\nWed Dec 21 16:29:38 2011: ncrcat -v HGT_GDS5_ISBL_10 -n 96352,6,3 r_pgb.ft000003.nc HGT_GDS5_ISBL_10.nc";
  :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1; // int
  :NCO = "4.0.8";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :contact = "A. Nunes, anunes@ucsd.edu";
  :experiment_id = "present-day control from GFDL 20C3M";
  :institution = "Experimental Climate Prediction Center (ECPC), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :realization = "1";
  :source = "ECPC Regional Spectral Model (2005):atmosphere:ECPC-RSM hydrostatic; 28-sigma vertical layers; land:Noah";
  :table_id = "Table 3";
}