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NARCCAP ecp2 ncep Table 3

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/ECP2/ncep/table3/snm_ECP2_ncep_1981010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 116;
    xc = 147;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14608 currently)
    bnds = 2;
  variables:
    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 = 8400000.0; // double
      :longitude_of_central_meridian = 263.0; // double
      :straight_vertical_longitude_from_pole = 263.0; // double

    float snm(time=14608, yc=116, xc=147);
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :coordinates = "lat lon";
      :long_name = "Snow Melt";
      :original_units = "kg m-2 s-1";
      :note = "Calculated from SNOHF, snow phase-change heat flux\nsnm = SNOHF / latent heat of fusion for water (3.34e5 J/kg)";
      :units = "kg m-2 s-1";
      :standard_name = "surface_snow_melt_flux";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 3 hours)";
      :grid_mapping = "polar_stereographic";

    double time(time=14608);
      :long_name = "time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :units = "days since 1979-01-01 00:00:0.0";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :bounds = "time_bnds";

    double time_bnds(time=14608, bnds=2);

    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:
  :NCO = "4.1.0";
  :history = "Tue Feb  5 16:31:46 2013: ncks -A ../time.bnds.ncep.nc snm.nc\nMon Feb  4 17:23:42 2013: ncap2 -O -s snm=float(snm/3.34e5);snm@units=\"kg m-2 s-1\";snm@long_name=\"Snow Melt\" snm.nc snm.nc\nMon Feb  4 17:21:46 2013: ncrename -v SNOHF_GDS5_SFC,snm snm.nc";
  :nco_openmp_thread_number = 1; // int
}