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NARCCAP ecp2 hadcm3-current Table 3

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/ECP2/hadcm3-current/table3/snm_ECP2_hadcm3_1991010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 116;
    xc = 147;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14400 currently)
    bnds = 2;
  variables:
    float lat(yc=116, xc=147);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";

    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

    float snm(time=14400, yc=116, xc=147);
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :coordinates = "lat lon";
      :long_name = "Snow Melt";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_units = "W/m^2";
      :note = "Calculated from SNOHF, snow phase-change heat flux\nsnm = SNOHF / latent heat of fusion for water (3.34e5 J/kg)";
      :units = "kg m-2 s-1";
      :standard_name = "surface_snow_melt_flux";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 3 hours)";
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";

    double time(time=14400);
      :units = "days since 1968-01-01 00:00:00";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :long_name = "time";
      :calendar = "360_day";
      :bounds = "time_bnds";
      :axis = "T";

    double time_bnds(time=14400, bnds=2);
      :long_name = "time bounds";

    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";

  // global attributes:
  :creation_date = "Thu Jan  1 15:22:49 MST 2015";
  :NCL_Version = "6.2.0";
  :system = "Linux yslogin3 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 29 11:47:41 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :grib_source = "r_pgb.ft03.grb";
  :title = "ECPC-RSM output prepared for NARCCAP present-day control for HadCM3 20C3M";
  :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1; // int
  :NCO = "4.4.2";
  :contact = "A. Nunes, anunes@ucsd.edu";
  :experiment_id = "Present-day control from HadCM3 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";
}