NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) gridded weather data. Data from https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.narr.pressure.html ############### # Header info # ############### $ ncdump -h air.201806.nc netcdf air.201806 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (240 currently) level = 29 ; y = 277 ; x = 349 ; variables: double time(time) ; time:axis = "T" ; time:coordinate_defines = "point" ; time:delta_t = "0000-00-00 03:00:00" ; time:long_name = "Time" ; time:standard_name = "time" ; time:units = "hours since 1800-1-1 00:00:0.0" ; time:actual_range = 1914576., 1915293. ; float level(level) ; level:GRIB_id = 100s ; level:GRIB_name = "hPa" ; level:actual_range = 1000.f, 100.f ; level:axis = "Z" ; level:coordinate_defines = "point" ; level:long_name = "Level" ; level:positive = "down" ; level:standard_name = "level" ; level:units = "millibar" ; float lat(y, x) ; lat:axis = "Y" ; lat:coordinate_defines = "point" ; lat:long_name = "Latitude" ; lat:standard_name = "latitude" ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; float lon(y, x) ; lon:axis = "X" ; lon:coordinate_defines = "point" ; lon:long_name = "Longitude" ; lon:standard_name = "longitude" ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; float y(y) ; y:long_name = "northward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates" ; y:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ; y:units = "m" ; float x(x) ; x:long_name = "eastward distance from southwest corner of domain in projection coordinates" ; x:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ; x:units = "m" ; int Lambert_Conformal ; Lambert_Conformal:false_easting = 5632642.22547 ; Lambert_Conformal:false_northing = 4612545.65137 ; Lambert_Conformal:grid_mapping_name = "lambert_conformal_conic" ; Lambert_Conformal:latitude_of_projection_origin = 50. ; Lambert_Conformal:longitude_of_central_meridian = -107. ; Lambert_Conformal:standard_parallel = 50., 50. ; float air(time, level, y, x) ; air:GRIB_id = 11s ; air:GRIB_name = "TMP" ; air:_FillValue = 9.96921e+36f ; air:coordinates = "lat lon" ; air:dataset = "NARR 3-hourly" ; air:grid_mapping = "Lambert_Conformal" ; air:level_desc = "Pressure Levels" ; air:long_name = "3-hourly Air Temperature on Pressure Levels" ; air:parent_stat = "Other" ; air:standard_name = "air_temperature" ; air:statistic = "Individual Obs" ; air:units = "degK" ; air:valid_range = 137.5f, 362.5f ; air:var_desc = "Air temperature" ; air:missing_value = -9.96921e+36f ; air:actual_range = 187.1279f, 320.1487f ; // global attributes: :Conventions = "CF-1.2" ; :centerlat = 50. ; :centerlon = -107. ; :comments = "" ; :institution = "National Centers for Environmental Prediction" ; :latcorners = 1.000001f, 0.897945f, 46.3544f, 46.63433f ; :loncorners = -145.5f, -68.32005f, -2.569891f, 148.6418f ; :platform = "Model" ; :standardpar1 = 50. ; :standardpar2 = 50.000001 ; :title = "8x Daily NARR" ; :history = "created Mon Jul 18 21:01:07 MDT 2016 by NOAA/ESRL/PSD" ; :dataset_title = "NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR)" ; :references = "https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.narr.html" ; :source = "http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/rreanl/index.html" ; }