netcdf AGERAINDICES_Ind_1_9357404745496876014 {
dimensions:
time = 45 ;
latitude = 1801 ;
longitude = 3600 ;
bnds = 2 ;
variables:
float aridity_index(time, latitude, longitude) ;
aridity_index:_FillValue = NaNf ;
aridity_index:long_name = "Aridity Index" ;
aridity_index:units = "1" ;
aridity_index:description = "Ratio of July temperature to annual precipitation" ;
aridity_index:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;
aridity_index:grid_mapping = "crs" ;
int crs ;
crs:grid_mapping_name = "latitude_longitude" ;
crs:long_name = "Coordinate Reference System" ;
crs:semi_major_axis = 6378137. ;
crs:inverse_flattening = 298.257223563 ;
crs:spatial_ref = "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6326\"]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4326\"]]" ;
crs:crs_wkt = "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6326\"]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4326\"]]" ;
crs:epsg_code = "EPSG:4326" ;
double latitude(latitude) ;
latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ;
latitude:long_name = "latitude" ;
latitude:units = "degrees_north" ;
latitude:axis = "Y" ;
double longitude(longitude) ;
longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ;
longitude:long_name = "longitude" ;
longitude:units = "degrees_east" ;
longitude:axis = "X" ;
double time(time) ;
time:standard_name = "time" ;
time:long_name = "time" ;
time:axis = "T" ;
time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
time:units_metadata = "leap_seconds: none" ;
time:units = "days since 1979-01-01" ;
time:calendar = "standard" ;
double time_bnds(time, bnds) ;
// global attributes:
:Conventions = "CF-1.11" ;
:title = "AgERA5 derived Aridity Index" ;
:source = "AgERA5 daily gridded climate data from ERA5 reanalysis" ;
:institution = "European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Sevilla, Spain" ;
:creator = "Kevin Schneider, European Commission Joint Research Centre" ;
:creator_email = " kevin.schneider@
nullec.europa.eu
:creator_orcid = "0000-0001-7170-218X" ;
:creation_date = "2025-11-14" ;
:license = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" ;
:project = "AgERA-Indices" ;
:references = "AgERA5: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sis-agrometeorological-indicators" ;
:history = "2025-11-14: CF-compliant processing for WDCC publication" ;
:time_coverage_start = "1979-07-02" ;
:time_coverage_end = "2023-07-02" ;
:time_coverage_resolution = "annual" ;
:geospatial_lat_min = -89.9999999999898 ;
:geospatial_lat_max = 90. ;
:geospatial_lon_min = -180. ;
:geospatial_lon_max = 179.89999999998 ;
}