netcdf files/g/d502000/2011/cmorph.3hr-025deg.20110430.nc {
  dimensions:
    lon = 1440;
    lat = 480;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (8 currently)
  variables:
    float lon(lon=1440);
      :axis = "X";
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :actual_range = 0.125f, 359.875f; // float

    float lat(lat=480);
      :axis = "Y";
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :actual_range = 59.875f, -59.875f; // float

    int time(time=8);
      :axis = "T";
      :long_name = "Time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00 UTC";
      :actual_range = 1304121600, 1304197200; // int

    float mmw_precip(time=8, lat=480, lon=1440);
      :long_name = "Merged microwave precipitation";
      :standard_name = "lwe_precipitation_rate";
      :units = "mm hr^-1";
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float

    float cmorph_precip(time=8, lat=480, lon=1440);
      :long_name = "CMORPH precipitation estimate";
      :standard_name = "lwe_precipitation_rate";
      :units = "mm hr^-1";
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.5";
  :title = "CPC Morphing Technique (CMORPH) Global Precipitation Analysis";
  :history = "2011-10-10 12:54:02 UTC -600: NetCDF generated on host evans.ucar.edu using executable cmorph2nc";
  :source = "Precipitation estimates derived from the passive microwave sensors aboard DMSP 13, 14 & 15 (SSM/I), NOAA-15, 16, 17, & 18 (AMSU-B), and AMSR-E and TMI aboard NASA Aqua and TRMM";
  :documentation = "http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds502.0";
  :references = "http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/janowiak/cmorph.shtml";
  :institution = "NetCDF produced at National Center for Atmospheric Research.  Original binary data produced at NOAA Climate Prediction Center";
  :contact = "Thomas Cram (tcram@ucar.edu)";
}