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NARCCAP mm5i ncep Table 5

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/MM5I/ncep/table5/va_MM5I_ncep_p500_1986010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14608 currently)
    xc = 124;
    yc = 99;
  variables:
    double time(time=14608);
      :long_name = "time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:0.0";

    double xc(xc=124);
      :long_name = "x-coordinate Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate";
      :axis = "X";
      :units = "m";

    double yc(yc=99);
      :long_name = "y-coordinate Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate";
      :axis = "Y";
      :units = "m";

    double lat(yc=99, xc=124);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double lon(yc=99, xc=124);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    char Lambert_Conformal;
      :grid_mapping_name = "lambert_conformal_conic";
      :false_easting = 3825000.0; // double
      :false_northing = 3187500.0; // double
      :standard_parallel = 30.0f, 60.0f; // float
      :longitude_of_central_meridian = -97.0f; // float
      :latitude_of_projection_origin = 47.5f; // float

    float va(time=14608, yc=99, xc=124);
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :units = "m s-1";
      :standard_name = "northward_wind";
      :long_name = "Meridional Wind Component";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :grid_mapping = "Lambert_Conformal";

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

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :title = "ISU MM5 model output prepared for NARCCAP present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :history = "Subsetted by archiver and python netCDF routines, 2013-04-01 22:29";
  :contact1 = "Daryl Herzmann (akrherz@iastate.edu)";
  :contact2 = "3015 Agronomy Hall, Iowa State Univ.,Ames, Iowa, USA";
  :realization = "1";
  :experiment_id = "present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :table_id = "Table 5";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :source = "MM5(2002): atmosphere: MM5v3.6.3 non-hydrostatic; sst/sea ice: AMIPII; land: Noah;  Convection: Kain-Fritsch 2; Radiation: RRTM; PBL: MRF; Explicit Moisture: Reisner Mixed-Phase; Buffer: 15 point exponential; Horizontal Resolution: 50km; Vertical Levels: 24";
  :institution = "ISU (Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA)";
}