netcdf avn-a { // 126 Wave, 18 Layer Spectral Model Aviation Run // on international exchange grids 21, 22, 23, 24 dimensions: record = UNLIMITED ; // (reference time, forecast time) level = 10 ; lat = 73 ; // latitude lon = 73 ; // longitude datetime_len = 21 ; // string length for datetime strings ngrids = 4 ; // number of subgrids stitched together nav = 1 ; // For navigation. Variables that use // this dimension define a mapping between // (lat, lon) indices and (lat, lon) coords. nav_len = 100 ; // max string length for navigation strings variables: double reftime(record) ; // reference time of the model reftime:long_name = "reference time" ; reftime:units = "hours since 1992-1-1" ; double valtime(record) ; // forecast time ("valid" time) valtime:long_name = "valid time" ; valtime:units = "hours since 1992-1-1" ; :record = "reftime, valtime" ; // "dimension attribute" -- means // (reftime, valtime) uniquely // determine record char datetime(record, datetime_len) ; // derived from reftime datetime:long_name = "reference date and time" ; // units YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ssZ (ISO 8601) float valtime_offset(record) ; // derived as valtime-reftime valtime_offset:long_name = "hours from reference time" ; valtime_offset:units = "hours" ; float level(level) ; level:long_name = "level" ; level:units = "hectopascals" ; // The following lat and lon coordinate variables are redundant, // since the navigation variables provide the necessary information. // The extra information is included here for human readability. float lat(lat) ; lat:long_name = "latitude" ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; float lon(lon) ; lon:long_name = "longitude" ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; long model_id ; model_id:long_name = "generating process ID number" ; // navigation variables all use nav dimension char nav_model(nav, nav_len) ; // navigation parameterization nav_model:long_name = "navigation model name" ; int grid_type_code(nav) ; grid_type_code:long_name = "GRIB-1 GDS data representation type" ; char grid_type(nav, nav_len) ; grid_type:long_name = "GRIB-1 grid type" ; char grid_name(nav, nav_len) ; grid_name:long_name = "grid name" ; int grid_center(nav) ; grid_center:long_name = "GRIB-1 originating center ID" ; int grid_number(nav, ngrids) ; grid_number:long_name = "GRIB-1 catalogued grid numbers" ; grid_number:_FillValue = -9999 ; char i_dim(nav, nav_len) ; i_dim:long_name = "longitude dimension name" ; char j_dim(nav, nav_len) ; j_dim:long_name = "latitude dimension name" ; int Ni(nav) ; Ni:long_name = "number of points along a latitude circle" ; int Nj(nav) ; Nj:long_name = "number of points along a longitude circle" ; float La1(nav) ; La1:long_name = "latitude of first grid point" ; La1:units = "degrees_north" ; float Lo1(nav) ; Lo1:long_name = "longitude of first grid point" ; Lo1:units = "degrees_east" ; float La2(nav) ; La2:long_name = "latitude of last grid point" ; La2:units = "degrees_north" ; float Lo2(nav) ; Lo2:long_name = "longitude of last grid point" ; Lo2:units = "degrees_east" ; float Di(nav) ; Di:long_name = "Longitudinal direction increment" ; Di:units = "degrees" ; float Dj(nav) ; Dj:long_name = "Latitudinal direction increment" ; Dj:units = "degrees" ; byte ResCompFlag(nav) ; ResCompFlag:long_name = "resolution and component flags" ; // end of navigation variables float P_maxwind(record, lat, lon) ; P_maxwind:long_name = "pressure at maximum wind" ; P_maxwind:units = "Pa" ; P_maxwind:_FillValue = -9999.f ; P_maxwind:navigation = "nav" ; float P_trop(record, lat, lon) ; P_trop:long_name = "pressure at tropopause" ; P_trop:units = "Pa" ; P_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ; P_trop:navigation = "nav" ; float P_msl(record, lat, lon) ; P_msl:long_name = "pressure reduced to MSL" ; P_msl:units = "Pa" ; P_msl:_FillValue = -9999.f ; P_msl:navigation = "nav" ; float RH(record, level, lat, lon) ; RH:long_name = "relative humidity" ; RH:units = "percent" ; RH:_FillValue = -9999.f ; RH:navigation = "nav" ; float T(record, level, lat, lon) ; T:long_name = "temperature" ; T:units = "degK" ; T:_FillValue = -9999.f ; T:navigation = "nav" ; float T_sfc(record, lat, lon) ; T_sfc:long_name = "surface temperature" ; T_sfc:units = "degK" ; T_sfc:_FillValue = -9999.f ; T_sfc:navigation = "nav" ; float T_trop(record, lat, lon) ; T_trop:long_name = "temperature at tropopause" ; T_trop:units = "degK" ; T_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ; T_trop:navigation = "nav" ; float Z(record, level, lat, lon) ; Z:long_name = "geopotential height" ; Z:units = "gp m" ; Z:_FillValue = -9999.f ; Z:navigation = "nav" ; // georeference info float Z_trop(record, lat, lon) ; Z_trop:long_name = "geopotential height at tropopause" ; Z_trop:units = "gp m" ; Z_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ; Z_trop:navigation = "nav" ; float u(record, level, lat, lon) ; u:long_name = "u-component of wind" ; u:units = "meters/second" ; u:_FillValue = -9999.f ; u:navigation = "nav" ; float u_maxwind(record, lat, lon) ; u_maxwind:long_name = "u-component of wind at max wind" ; u_maxwind:units = "meters/second" ; u_maxwind:_FillValue = -9999.f ; u_maxwind:navigation = "nav" ; float u_trop(record, lat, lon) ; u_trop:long_name = "u-component of wind at tropopause" ; u_trop:units = "meters/second" ; u_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ; u_trop:navigation = "nav" ; float v(record, level, lat, lon) ; v:long_name = "v-component of wind" ; v:units = "meters/second" ; v:_FillValue = -9999.f ; v:navigation = "nav" ; float v_maxwind(record, lat, lon) ; v_maxwind:long_name = "v-component of wind at max wind" ; v_maxwind:units = "meters/second" ; v_maxwind:_FillValue = -9999.f ; v_maxwind:navigation = "nav" ; float v_trop(record, lat, lon) ; v_trop:long_name = "v-component of wind at tropopause" ; v_trop:units = "meters/second" ; v_trop:_FillValue = -9999.f ; v_trop:navigation = "nav" ; // global attributes: :history = "created by gribtonc from HDS broadcast" ; :title = "NCEP Global Product Set" ; :Conventions = "NUWG" ; :version = 0.0 ; // still just a draft data: model_id = 77 ; // Navigation nav_model = "GRIB1" ; grid_type_code = 0 ; grid_type = "Latitude/Longitude" ; grid_name = "Global 5.0 x 2.5 degree grid" ; grid_center = 7 ; // NCEP grid_number = 21,22,23,24 ; // stitched together i_dim = "lon" ; j_dim = "lat" ; Ni = 73 ; Nj = 73 ; La1 = -90.0 ; Lo1 = -180.0 ; La2 = 90.0 ; Lo2 = 180.0 ; Di = 5.0 ; Dj = 2.5 ; ResCompFlag = 136 ; level = 1000 , 850 , 700 , 500 , 400 , 300 , 250 , 200 , 150 , 100 ; lon = -180,-175,-170,-165,-160,-155,-150,-145,-140,-135,-130,-125, -120,-115,-110,-105,-100, -95, -90, -85, -80, -75, -70, -65, -60, -55, -50, -45, -40, -35, -30, -25, -20, -15, -10, -5, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180 ; lat = -90.0,-87.5,-85.0,-82.5,-80.0,-77.5,-75.0,-72.5, -70.0,-67.5,-65.0,-62.5,-60.0,-57.5,-55.0,-52.5, -50.0,-47.5,-45.0,-42.5,-40.0,-37.5,-35.0,-32.5, -30.0,-27.5,-25.0,-22.5,-20.0,-17.5,-15.0,-12.5, -10.0, -7.5, -5.0, -2.5, 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5, 15.0, 17.5, 20.0, 22.5, 25.0, 27.5, 30.0, 32.5, 35.0, 37.5, 40.0, 42.5, 45.0, 47.5, 50.0, 52.5, 55.0, 57.5, 60.0, 62.5, 65.0, 67.5, 70.0, 72.5, 75.0, 77.5, 80.0, 82.5, 85.0, 87.5, 90.0 ; }