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NARCCAP ecp2 gfdl-future Table 5

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/ECP2/gfdl-future/table5/ta_ECP2_gfdl-future.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (96352 currently)
    level = 28;
    yc = 116;
    xc = 147;
  variables:
    double time(time=96352);
      :units = "days since 2038-01-01 00:00:0.0";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :long_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :calendar = "365_day";

    double level(level=28);
      :formula_terms = "sigma: level ps: psfc ptop: ptop";
      :standard_name = "atmosphere_sigma_coordinate";
      :long_name = "Sigma Coordinate";
      :units = "1";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";

    double ptop;
      :units = "Pa";
      :long_name = "Pressure at top of model";

    float psfc(time=96352, yc=116, xc=147);
      :units = "Pa";
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";
      :long_name = "Surface Pressure";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float

    float ta(time=96352, level=28, yc=116, xc=147);
      :units = "K";
      :standard_name = "air_temperature";
      :long_name = "Air Temperature";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";
      :coordinates = "lon lat";

    float lat(yc=116, xc=147);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";

    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 = 8500000; // int
      :longitude_of_central_meridian = 263.0; // double
      :straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263.0; // double

    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:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :contact = "A. Nunes, anunes@ucsd.edu";
  :experiment_id = "future climate using GFDL SRESA2";
  :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 5";
  :title = "ECPC-RSM output prepared for NARCCAP future climate using GFDL SRESA2";
}