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NARCCAP ecp2 ncep Table 1

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/ECP2/ncep/table1/tasmax_ECP2_ncep_1981010106.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 116;
    xc = 147;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1826 currently)
    bnds = 2;
  variables:
    float lat(yc=116, xc=147);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";

    double level;
      :axis = "Z";
      :standard_name = "height";
      :long_name = "height above the surface";
      :units = "m";
      :positive = "up";

    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 tasmax(time=1826, yc=116, xc=147);
      :cell_methods = "time: maximum (interval: 1 days)";
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_units = "K";
      :long_name = "Maximum Daily Surface Air Temperature";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_name = "T_MAX_GDS5_HTGL";
      :units = "K";
      :standard_name = "air_temperature";
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";

    double time(time=1826);
      :long_name = "time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:0.0";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :bounds = "time_bnds";

    double time_bnds(time=1826, bnds=2);

    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:
  :NCO = "4.1.0";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :contact = "A. Nunes, anunes@ucsd.edu";
  :experiment_id = "present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :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 1";
  :title = "ECPC-RSM output prepared for NARCCAP present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :history = "Wed Feb 13 15:21:13 MST 2013: ncl aggregate.ncl infile=tasmax.nc outfile=tasmax.daily.nc varname=tasmax interval=day method=max outtime=start\n ";
}