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NARCCAP hrm3 ncep Table 3

netcdf /datazone/narccap/DATA/HRM3/ncep/table3/zg500_HRM3_ncep_1981010103.nc {
  dimensions:
    xc = 155;
    yc = 130;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (14608 currently)
  variables:
    double level;
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";
      :units = "hPa";
      :positive = "down";
      :axis = "Z";

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

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

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

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

    double lat(yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

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

    float zg500(time=14608, yc=130, xc=155);
      :standard_name = "geopotential_height";
      :long_name = "500 hPa geopotential height";
      :units = "m";
      :coordinates = "lon lat level";
      :grid_mapping = "rotated_pole";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 1.0E20f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :NCO = "4.0.8";
}