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NARCCAP rcm3 ncep Table 1

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/RCM3/ncep/table1/tasmax_RCM3_ncep_1981010106.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 104;
    xc = 134;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1826 currently)
    bnds = 2;
  variables:
    char Transverse_Mercator;
      :grid_mapping_name = "transverse_mercator";
      :longitude_of_central_meridian = -97.0; // double
      :latitude_of_projection_origin = 47.5; // double
      :scale_factor_at_central_meridian = 1.0; // double
      :false_easting = 3925000.0; // double
      :false_northing = 3175000.0; // double

    double lat(yc=104, xc=134);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :axis = "Y";

    double level;
      :units = "m";
      :long_name = "height";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "up";
      :coordinate_defines = "point";
      :actual_range = 2.0f, 2.0f; // float

    double lon(yc=104, xc=134);
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :axis = "X";

    float tasmax(time=1826, yc=104, xc=134);
      :cell_methods = "time: maximum(interval: 1 days)";
      :grid_mapping = "Transverse_Mercator";
      :standard_name = "air_temperature";
      :long_name = "Maximum Daily Surface Air Temperature";
      :units = "K";
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :original_name = "TA";
      :original_units = "K";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float

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

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

    double xc(xc=134);
      :long_name = "x-coordinate in Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate";
      :units = "m";
      :axis = "X";

    double yc(yc=104);
      :long_name = "y-coordinate in Cartesian system";
      :standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate";
      :units = "m";
      :axis = "Y";

  // global attributes:
  :title = "UC Santa Cruz RegCM3 model output prepared for NARCCAP present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :experiment_id = "present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :realization = "1";
  :table_id = "Table 1";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :source = "RegCM3 (2006) atmosphere: RegCM3v3.1 hydrostatic, split-explicit, horizontal equal area grid resolution of 50 km by 50 km, vertical sigma-coordinates levels ={0.025, 0.075, 0.13, 0.195, 0.27, 0.35, 0.43, 0.51, 0.59, 0.67, 0.745, 0.8099999, 0.865, 0.91, 0.945, 0.97, 0.985, 0.995} land: BATSv1e Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme";
  :institution = "CCIL, UC Santa Cruz (Climate Change and Impacts Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA)";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :history = "Fri Mar  2 16:50:47 2012: ncks -d time,1981-01-01,1986-01-01 tasmax_RCM3_ncep.nc tasmax_RCM3_ncep_1981010106.nc\nFri Feb 17 17:01:21 2012: ncrename -v tas,tasmax tasmax_RCM3_ncep.nc\nFri Feb 17 17:00:53 MST 2012: ncl aggregate.ncl infile=tas_RCM3_ncep.nc outfile=tasmax_RCM3_ncep.nc varname=tas interval=day method=max outtime=start\nThu Feb 16 16:40:16 2012: ncrcat -d time,1, tas_RCM3_ncep_1979010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep_1981010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep_1986010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep_1991010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep_1996010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep_2001010103.nc tas_RCM3_ncep.nc\nTue Jun 10 13:30:19 2008: ncks -A /export/mcginnis99/level-fix/tas_level.nc tas_RCM3_1979010103.nc";
  :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1; // int
  :NCO = "4.0.8";
}