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project=NMME, model=NCAR Community Climate System Model, CCSM version 4, experiment=19960301, time_frequency=mon, modeling realm=atmos

netcdf /datazone/nmme/output1/UM-RSMAS/CCSM4/19960301/mon/atmos/soilmoist/soilmoist_mon_CCSM4_19960301_r8i1p1_199603-199702.nc {
  dimensions:
    TIME = 12;
    LAT = 181;
    LON = 360;
  variables:
    float TOTSOILLIQ(TIME=12, LAT=181, LON=360);
      :standard_name = "total soil liquid water in total 15 columnn";
      :sum_op_ncl = "dim_sum over dimension(s): levgrnd";
      :missing_value = 1.0E36f; // float
      :cell_method = "time: mean";
      :units = "kg/m2";
      :long_name = " merely sum of soil liquid water over levels";
      :lon = 358.75f; // float
      :lat = 90.0f; // float
      :_FillValue = 1.0E36f; // float

    float TIME(TIME=12);
      :axis = "T";
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1996-03-01 00:00:00";
      :calendar = "NOLEAP";
      :bounds = "TIME_bnds";
      :_FillValue = 9.96921E36f; // float

    float LAT(LAT=181);
      :valid_max = 90.0f; // float
      :valid_min = -90.0f; // float
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :axis = "Y";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :data_type = "float";

    float LON(LON=360);
      :valid_max = 359.0f; // float
      :valid_min = 0.0f; // float
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :axis = "X";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :data_type = "float";

  // global attributes:
  :institution_id = "UM-RSMAS";
  :institution = "Univ. of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmosphereric Science";
  :experiment_id = "Mon Feb  2 06:31:38 EST 2015";
  :model_id = "CCSM4_0_a02";
  :frequency = "month";
  :project_id = "National Multi-Model Ensembles(NMME) project";
  :experiment = "March 1996 Forecast";
  :modeling_realm = "atmos";
  :realization = "08";
  :contact = "Dughong Min (dmin@rsmas.miami.edu) and Ben Kirtman (bkirtman@rsmas.miami.edu)";
  :startyear = "1996";
  :endyear = "1997";
  :startmonth = "03 ";
  :endmonth = "02";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :Generator = "NCL v.6.0";
  :References = "Ben P. Kirtman, Dughong Min. (2009) Multimodel Ensemble ENSO Prediction with CCSM and CFS. Monthly Weather Review 137:9, 2908-2930";
}