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NARCCAP hrm3 hadcm3-future Table 5

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/HRM3/hadcm3-future/table5/clw_HRM3_hadcm3_2041010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    xc = 155;
    yc = 130;
    level = 19;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14400 currently)
  variables:
    char rotated_pole;
      :grid_mapping_name = "rotated_latitude_longitude";
      :grid_north_pole_latitude = 42.5; // double
      :grid_north_pole_longitude = 83.0; // double

    double xc(xc=155);
      :axis = "X";
      :standard_name = "grid_longitude";
      :long_name = "longitude in rotated pole grid";
      :units = "degrees";

    double lon(yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    double yc(yc=130);
      :axis = "Y";
      :standard_name = "grid_latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude in rotated grid";
      :units = "degrees";

    double lat(yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double lev(level=19);
      :standard_name = "atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate";
      :long_name = "hybrid coordinate (sigma-pressure)";
      :units = "Pa";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";
      :formula = "p(k,n,j,i) = ap(k) + b(k)*ps(n,j,i)";
      :formula_terms = "ap:lev  b:b ps:ps:";

    double b(level=19);
      :long_name = "vertical coordinate formula term: b";

    double time(time=14400);
      :units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:00";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :long_name = "time";
      :calendar = "360_day";

    float clw(time=14400, level=19, yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air";
      :long_name = "Cloud Liquid Water Fraction of Layer";
      :units = "kg kg-1";
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :grid_mapping = "rotated_pole";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float

    float p0(time=14400, yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "surface_air_pressure";
      :long_name = "Surface pressure";
      :units = "Pa";
      :cell_methods = "time: instantaneous";
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :grid_mapping = "rotated_pole";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :institution = "Hadley Centre for climate change, Exeter, United Kingdom";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :conventionsURL = "http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/index.html";
  :source = "HadRM3P, hydrostatic, 50km resolution and 19 hybrid vertical model levels; land surface: MOSESI";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :experiment_id = "scenario from Hadley Centre";
  :table_id = "Table 5";
  :title = "Hadley Centre model output prepared for NARCCAP scenario from Hadley Centre";
  :contact = "Simon Tucker (simon.tucker@metoffice.gov.uk)";
  :realization = "1";
  :creation_date = "2012-11-20 19:10:09";
}