CF-1.0 http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/conventions.html NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) NCEP Global Data Assimilation and Forecast Model T254L64 download of data from CERA: Mon Nov 13 13:30:12 CET 2006 \\012 transformation to netCDF: Mon Nov 13 16:09:21 CET 2006 Lindenberg; Coordinates of RefSite: 52.17N 14.12E 73m time h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon sigma at layer interfaces sigi down sigma at layer midpoints atmosphere_sigma_coordinate sigl down sigma: vcoord ps: PS ptop: ptop m height above the surface height m height above the surface height hPa cloud height down cld_bnds hPa cloud bounds m depth of soil layers depth down soil1_bnds m soil bounds for temperature m depth of soil layers depth soil2_bnds m soil bounds for moisture minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time bounds hPa model top pressure W m-2 Surface ground heat flux upward_heat_flux_at_ground_level_in_soil gflx time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 effective surface albedo surface_albedo albedo instantenous midday surface albedo at highest sun angle minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the diffuse visible albedo1 degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the direct beam visible albedo2 degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the diffuse near-IR visible albedo3 degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the direct beam near-IR visible albedo4 degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 surface latent heat flux surface_upward_latent_heat_flux lhf time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 surface sensible heat flux surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux shf time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 surface downward shortwave radiation surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air dsws time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 surface upward shortwave radiation surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air usws time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 upward short wave flux at toa toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux uswt time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 surface downward long wave radiation surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air dlws time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 upward long wave flux at surface surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air ulws time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 TOA outgoing longwave radiation toa_outgoing_longwave_flux ulwt time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa zonal stress due to gravity wave drag atmosphere_eastward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag ugrw time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa eastward stress surface_downward_eastward_stress ustress time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa meridional stress due to gravity wave drag atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag vgrw time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa northward stress surface_downward_northward_stress vstress time: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 high, medium and low cloud cover cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer cldh, cldm, cldl, cldpbl cloud_height: sum (assuming maximum random overlap) pbl-clouds are included in the lowest present cloud layer -1.00000002e+20 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period hPa cloud height down cld_bnds degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 cloud area fraction cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer cld 1 total cloud cover cloud_area_fraction derived from CLC_m (assuming maximum random overlap) minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa s-1 surface pressure change rate_of_change_of_surface_air_pressure dpsdt minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon kg kg-1 s-1 dqdt advection tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_advection dqdt_adv s-1 tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due_to_advection dqwdt_adv K s-1 dtdt advection tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_advection dtdt_adv m height of the planetary boundary layer atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness hpbl up minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m Elevation of model terrain altitude zsfc degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 ratio of 10-meter wind speed to lowest sigma layer windspeed f10m minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 sea ice presence flag sea_ice_area_fraction 0, 1 unfrozen_sea_or_land_mass sea_ice minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 land-sea fraction land_area_fraction lsmask 0, 1 sea land degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 flag of surface cover surface_cover slimsk landmass flag is constant 0, 1, 2 unfrozen_sea land seaice minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 cloud water/ice concentration mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air cld_wi 1 vegetation area fraction vegetation_area_fraction vegfrac Fractional cover of vegetation that is photosynthetically active (green vegetation, rather than total of green and dormant vegetation) minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 vegfraction type 1 used in radiation surface albedo vegetation_area_fraction vegfrac1 used in radiation physics: fraction of vegetation cover whose surface albedo has strong solar zenith angle dependency minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 vegfraction type 2 used in radiation surface albedo vegetation_area_fraction vegfrac2 used in radiation physics:fraction of vegetation cover whose surface albedo has weak solar zenith angle dependency minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m s-1 Saturation hydraulic conductivity soil_hydraulic_conductivity_at_saturation Satkt value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon Pa s-1 omega lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure omega hPa pressure air_pressure p m3 m-3 Soil porosity soil_porosity Tsat value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon kg m-2 convective precipitation convective_precipitation_amount cnvprc time: sum minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon hPa surface pressure surface_air_pressure psfc minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon hPa surface pressure surface_air_pressure psfc_flx minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon kg kg-1 specific humidity specific_humidity q kg kg-1 2m specific humidity specific_humidity q2 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon W m-2 Parameter in solar radiation stress factor in canopy conductance Rgl value of variable depends on veg_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon s m-1 Maximum stomatal resistance stomatal_resistance Rsmax value of variable depends on veg_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon s m-1 Minimum stomatal resistance stomatal_resistance Rsmin value of variable depends on veg_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 soil type soil_type soiltype 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 sea_point loamy_sand_(coarse) silty_clay_loam_(medium) light_clay_(fine) sandy_loam_(coarse-medium) sandy_clay_(coarse-fine) clay_loam_(medium-fine) sandy_clay_loam_(coarse-med-fine) loam_(organic) ice_(use_loamy_sand_property) degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 Soil retention curve parameter B value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m Saturation soil suction soil_suction_at_saturation Satpsi value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon K temperature air_temperature t K 2m temperature air_temperature t2 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon K surface temperature surface_temperature tsfc minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon K soil temperature soil_temperature soilt1, soilt2, soilt3 Temporally fixed lower boundary condition of soil temperature (applied at 3 meters below surface): nominally equivalent to annual mean surface air temperature. minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m depth of soil layers depth down soil1_bnds degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon K 2m maximum temperature air_temperature tmax time: maximum minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon K 2m minimum temperature air_temperature tmin time: minimum minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon kg m-2 total precipitation amount precipitation_amount precip time: sum minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m s-1 U-component of wind eastward_wind u m s-1 U-component of 10m wind eastward_wind u10 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m s-1 V-component of wind northward_wind v m s-1 V-component of 10m wind northward_wind v10 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m height above the surface height degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 vegetation type surface_cover vegtype 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13 sea_point broadleaf-evergreen_trees_(tropical_forest) broadleaf-decidous_trees broadleaf_&_needle_leaf_trees_(mixed_forest) needleleaf-evergreen_trees needleleaf-deciduous_trees_(larch) broadleaf_trees_w/groundcover_(savana) groundcover_only_(perenial) broadleaf_shrub_w/perenial_groundcover broadleaf_shrub_w/bare_soil dwarf_tree_&_shrub_w/ground_cover_(tundra) bare_soil cultivations_(use_type_7) glacial degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon kg m-2 canopy water amount canopy_water_amount canopy minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m surface snow amount lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount snow minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon 1 volumetric total soil water content volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil soilm1, soilm2 soil_depth2: mean minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period m depth of soil layers depth soil2_bnds degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m3 m-3 Wilting point volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point Smwlt value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m3 m-3 soil moisture threshold for cessation of direct soil evaporation Smdry value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m3 m-3 soil moisture threshold for transpiration stress onset Smref value of variable depends on soil_type degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon m surface roughness length surface_roughness_length z0 minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 time time_bnds h forcast hour forecast_period degrees_north latitude latitude lat degrees_east longitude longitude lon