netcdf files/g/d113001/ec.oper.an.sfc/201708/ec.oper.an.sfc.128_174_al.regn1280sc.20170811.nc {
  dimensions:
    latitude = 2560;
    longitude = 5120;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (4 currently)
  variables:
    float AL(time=4, latitude=2560, longitude=5120);
      :long_name = "Albedo";
      :short_name = "al";
      :units = "(0-1)";
      :original_format = "WMO GRIB 1 with ECMWF local table";
      :ecmwf_local_table = 128; // int
      :ecmwf_parameter = 174; // int
      :_FillValue = 9.999E20f; // float
      :missing_value = 9.999E20f; // float
      :data_min = 7.8105927E-4f; // float
      :data_max = 0.7861974f; // float
      :grid_specification = "5120 longitude x 2560 Gaussian latitude (0.07deg x ~0.07deg from 0E to 359.93E and 89.946N to 89.946S)";
      :original_data_representation = "Reduced Gaussian grid (N1280)";
      :rda_dataset = "ds113.1";
      :rda_dataset_url = "https:/rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds113.1/";
      :rda_dataset_doi = "DOI: 10.5065/D68050ZV";
      :rda_dataset_group = "ECMWF Operational 6-hourly atmospheric surface analysis";
      :number_of_significant_digits = 7; // int
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 724U, 1448U; // uint

    double latitude(latitude=2560);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :short_name = "lat";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :qualifier = "Gaussian";
      :_ChunkSizes = 2560U; // uint

    double longitude(longitude=5120);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :short_name = "lon";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :_ChunkSizes = 5120U; // uint

    int time(time=4);
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "hours since 1900-01-01 00:00:00";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1024U; // uint

    int utc_date(time=4);
      :long_name = "UTC date yyyy-mm-dd hh:00:00 as yyyymmddhh";
      :units = "Gregorian_year month day hour";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1024U; // uint

  // global attributes:
  :DATA_SOURCE = "ECMWF: ECOPER GRIB 1 spherical harmonics (T2559) and reduced Gaussian grid data (N1280).";
  :DATA_INTERPOLATION = "CISL RDA: ECOPER GRIB 1 N1280/T2559 data interpolated (or synthesized) to 5120 longitude x 2560 Gaussian latitude GRIB 1 data using emoslib-4.3.9 (compiled with cmake with grib_api-1.14.7 and fftw-3.3.7 support for gnu/gfortran-7.3.0).";
  :NETCDF_CONVERSION = "CISL RDA: Conversion from interpolated/synthesized GRIB 1 data to netCDF4.";
  :NETCDF_VERSION = "4.6.1";
  :CONVERSION_PLATFORM = "Linux caldera11 3.10.0-693.21.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 7 19:03:37 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux";
  :CONVERSION_DATE = "Sat Jul 21 09:21:25 MDT 2018";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6";
  :NETCDF_COMPRESSION = "NCO: Precision-preserving compression to netCDF4/HDF5 (see \"history\" and \"NCO\" global attributes below for specifics).";
  :history = "Sat Jul 21 09:21:27 2018: ncks -4 --ppc default=7 ec.oper.an.sfc.128_174_al.regn1280sc.20170811.unc.nc ec.oper.an.sfc.128_174_al.regn1280sc.20170811.nc";
  :NCO = "netCDF Operators version 4.7.4 (http://nco.sf.net)";
}