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NARCCAP hrm3 ncep Table 2

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/HRM3/ncep/table2/pr_HRM3_ncep_1981010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    yc = 130;
    xc = 155;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14608 currently)
    bnds = 2;
  variables:
    double lat(yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double lon(yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    float pr(time=14608, yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "precipitation_flux";
      :long_name = "Precipitation";
      :units = "kg m-2 s-1";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 3 hours)";
      :coordinates = "lon lat";
      :grid_mapping = "rotated_pole";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float

    char rotated_pole;
      :grid_mapping_name = "rotated_latitude_longitude";
      :grid_north_pole_latitude = 42.5; // double
      :grid_north_pole_longitude = 83.0; // double

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

    double time_bnds(time=14608, bnds=2);
      :long_name = "time bounds";

    double xc(xc=155);
      :axis = "X";
      :standard_name = "grid_longitude";
      :long_name = "longitude in rotated pole grid";
      :units = "degrees";

    double yc(yc=130);
      :axis = "Y";
      :standard_name = "grid_latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude in rotated grid";
      :units = "degrees";

  // global attributes:
  :institution = "Hadley Centre for climate change, Exeter, United Kingdom";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :conventionsURL = "http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/eaton/cf-metadata/index.html";
  :source = "HadRM3P, hydrostatic, 50km resolution and 19 hybrid vertical model levels; land surface: MOSESI";
  :project_id = "NARCCAP";
  :experiment_id = "present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :table_id = "Table 2";
  :title = "HadRM3P model output prepared for NARCCAP present-day climate using NCEP/DOE Reanalysis";
  :contact = "Wilfran Moufouma-Okia (wilfran.moufouma-okia@metoffice.gov.uk)";
  :realization = "1";
  :creation_date = "2009-04-06 11:53:45";
  :NCO = "4.1.0";
}