NetCDF Header

project=NMME, model=CFSV2-2011, experiment=19931201, time_frequency=6hr, modeling realm=atmos

netcdf /datazone/nmme/output1/NCEP/CFSV2-2011/19931201/6hr/atmos/pr/pr_6hr_CFSV2-2011_1993120718_r1i1p1_19820101-20111227.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = 1189;
    latitude = 190;
    longitude = 384;
  variables:
    float pr(time=1189, latitude=190, longitude=384);
      :initial_time = "12/07/1993 (18:00)";
      :level = 0.0f; // float
      :level_type = "Ground or water surface";
      :parameter_template_discipline_category_number = 0, 0, 1, 7; // int
      :parameter_discipline_and_category = "Meteorological products, Moisture";
      :grid_type = "Gaussian latitude/longitude";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E20f; // float
      :units = "kg m-2 s-1";
      :production_status = "Operational products";
      :center = "US National Weather Service - NCEP (WMC)";
      :long_name = "Precipitation_rate";
      :standard_name = "Precipitation rate";

    float latitude(latitude=190);
      :La1 = 89.277f; // float
      :Lo1 = 0.0f; // float
      :La2 = -89.277f; // float
      :Lo2 = 359.062f; // float
      :Di = 0.93749875f; // float
      :N = 95.0f; // float
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :grid_type = "Gaussian Latitude/Longitude";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";

    float longitude(longitude=384);
      :La1 = 89.277f; // float
      :Lo1 = 0.0f; // float
      :La2 = -89.277f; // float
      :Lo2 = 359.062f; // float
      :Di = 0.93749875f; // float
      :N = 95.0f; // float
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :grid_type = "Gaussian Latitude/Longitude";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";

    int time(time=1189);
      :long_name = "Forecast offset from initial time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :calendar = "standard";
      :units = "hours since 1993-12-07  18:00:00";

  // global attributes:
  :creation_date = "Sat Feb  6 11:37:09 MST 2016";
  :NCL_Version = "6.3.0";
  :system = "Linux yslogin2 2.6.32-358.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jan 29 11:47:41 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux";
  :grib_source = "prate.1993120718.time.grb2.grb2";
  :title = "NCL: convert-GRIB-to-netCDF";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.4";
  :expname = "CFSv2 Reforecast";
  :experiment_id = "CFSRR";
  :forcing = "Observed mean CO2";
  :parent_experiment_id = "N/A";
  :parent_experiment_rip = "N/A";
  :institution = "NCEP";
  :institution_id = "NCEP";
  :realization = "1";
  :comment = "6h frequency data. 10 months forecast";
  :references = "The NCEP Climate Forecast System Version 2, Saha, S. et al.,2013 BAMS \nThe NCEP Climate Forecast System Reanalysis, Saha S. et al., 2010,BAMS, DOI 10.1175/2010BAMS3001.1";
  :contact = "suranjana.saha@noaa.gov";
  :startyear = "1982";
  :endyear = "2011";
  :startmonth = "01";
  :endmonth = "12";
  :initialization_method = "1";
  :initialization_description = "Atmosphere, Ocean, Land, Sea-ice intialized from CFSR reanalysis (Saha et al 2010)";
  :physics_version = "1";
  :physics_description = "GFS in operations in 2010 with modifications described in Saha et al (2013)";
  :associated_model = "N/A";
  :series = "series1";
  :model_id = "CFSv2";
  :output = "output1";
}