netcdf files/g/ds502.0/2013/cmorph.3hr-025deg.20130309.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";
      :calendar = "standard";
      :actual_range = 1362787200, 1362862800; // 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 = "2013-03-10 23:05:20 UTC -600: NetCDF generated on host geyser02 by user tcram via command cmorph_subset 20130309_3hr-025deg_cpc+comb cmorph.3hr-025deg.20130309.nc config/cmorph.20130309.config";
  :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";
  :acknowledgments = "The data for this study are from the Research Data Archive (RDA) which is maintained by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The original data are available from the RDA (http://dss.ucar.edu) in dataset number ds502.0";
  :contact = "Thomas Cram (tcram@ucar.edu)";
}