Data headers for 'CQMKamMERod870a1011v1'

Record

1

Generation date

2015-02-08

Method

ncdump -h

Header

 netcdf CQMKamMERod870a1011v1_1_6442814275379090289 { 
 dimensions: 
 	time = UNLIMITED ; // (372 currently) 
 	lat = 96 ; 
 	lon = 192 ; 
 	bnds = 2 ; 
 variables: 
 	double time(time) ; 
 		time:bounds = "time_bnds" ; 
 		time:units = "days since 1850-01-01 00:00:00" ; 
 		time:calendar = "noleap" ; 
 		time:axis = "T" ; 
 		time:long_name = "time" ; 
 		time:standard_name = "time" ; 
 	double time_bnds(time, bnds) ; 
 	double lat(lat) ; 
 		lat:bounds = "lat_bnds" ; 
 		lat:units = "degrees_north" ; 
 		lat:axis = "Y" ; 
 		lat:long_name = "latitude" ; 
 		lat:standard_name = "latitude" ; 
 	double lat_bnds(lat, bnds) ; 
 	double lon(lon) ; 
 		lon:bounds = "lon_bnds" ; 
 		lon:units = "degrees_east" ; 
 		lon:axis = "X" ; 
 		lon:long_name = "longitude" ; 
 		lon:standard_name = "longitude" ; 
 	double lon_bnds(lon, bnds) ; 
 	float od870aer(time, lat, lon) ; 
 		od870aer:standard_name = "atmosphere_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol" ; 
 		od870aer:long_name = "Ambient Aerosol Optical Thickness at 870 nm" ; 
 		od870aer:comment = "The stratospheric (volcanic) component of aerosol optical depth has been removed because these aerosols are prescribed in Mk3.6. The raw model output has been divided by the fraction of time each pixel is in sun light. This is necessary because the calculation of optical depth is only performed at sunlit points in the model, and zero is returned at non-sunlit points. If the fraction of time in sun light is less than 0.1 in that month, the missing value is assigned, CMIP5_table_comment: AOD from the ambient aerosls (i.e., includes aerosol water).  Does not include AOD from stratospheric aerosols if these are prescribed but includes other possible background aerosol types." ; 
 		od870aer:units = "1" ; 
 		od870aer:original_name = "ta8" ; 
 		od870aer:cell_methods = "time: mean" ; 
 		od870aer:cell_measures = "area: areacella" ; 
 		od870aer:history = "2011-12-18T05:06:39Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing value flag (-7.77778e+06) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ; 
 		od870aer:missing_value = 1.e+20f ; 
 		od870aer:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ; 
 		od870aer:associated_files = "baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_aerosol_fx_CSIRO-Mk3-6-0_amip_r0i0p0.nc areacella: areacella_fx_CSIRO-Mk3-6-0_amip_r0i0p0.nc" ; 
  
 // global attributes: 
 		:institution = "Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research (Melbourne, Australia) in collaboration with the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE) (Brisbane, Australia)" ; 
 		:institute_id = "CSIRO-QCCCE" ; 
 		:experiment_id = "amip" ; 
 		:source = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 2010 atmosphere: AGCM v7.3.9 (T63 spectral, 1.875 degrees EW x approx. 1.875 degrees NS, 18 levels); ocean: GFDL MOM2.2 (1.875 degrees EW x approx. 0.9375 degrees NS, 31 levels)" ; 
 		:model_id = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0" ; 
 		:forcing = "Ant,Nat (AMIP experiment using all forcings with observed SSTs and sea-ice)" ; 
 		:parent_experiment_id = "piControl" ; 
 		:parent_experiment_rip = "r1i1p1" ; 
 		:branch_time = 78110. ; 
 		:contact = "Project leaders: Stephen Jeffrey (
 Stephen.Jeffrey@nullqld.gov.au) & Leon Rotstayn (
 Leon.Rotstayn@nullcsiro.au). Project team: Mark Collier (
 Mark.Collier@nullcsiro.au: diagnostics & post-processing), Stacey Dravitzki (
 Stacey.Dravitzki@nullcsiro.au: post-processing), Carlo Hamalainen (
 Carlo.Hamalainen@nullqld.gov.au: post-processing), Steve Jeffrey (
 Stephen.Jeffrey@nullqld.gov.au: modeling & post-processing), Chris Moeseneder (
 Chris.Moeseneder@nullcsiro.au: post-processing), Leon Rotstayn (
 Leon.Rotstayn@nullcsiro.au: modeling & atmos. physics), Jozef Syktus (
 Jozef.Syktus@nullqld.gov.au: model evaluation), Kenneth Wong (
 Kenneth.Wong@nullqld.gov.au: data management), Contributors: Martin Dix (
 Martin.Dix@nullcsiro.au: tech. support), Hal Gordon (
 Hal.Gordon@nullcsiro.au: atmos. dynamics), Eva Kowalczyk (
 Eva.Kowalczyk@nullcsiro.au: land-surface), Siobhan O\'Farrell (
 Siobhan.OFarrell@nullcsiro.au: ocean & sea-ice)" ; 
 		:history = "Experiment spanned 1949-2009: 1949-1978 (spinup period) and 1979-2009 (AMIP period). 2011-12-18T05:06:39Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CMIP5 requirements." ; 
 		:comment = "Model output post-processed by the CSIRO-QCCCE CMIP5 Data post-processor for the IPCC Fifth Assessment." ; 
 		:references = "a) Rotstayn, L., Collier, M., Dix, M., Feng, Y., Gordon, H., O\\\'Farrell, S., Smith, I. and Syktus, J. 2010. Improved simulation of Australian climate and ENSO-related climate variability in a GCM with an interactive aerosol treatment. Int. J. Climatology, vol 30(7), pp1067-1088, DOI 10.1002/joc.1952 b) Please refer to online documentation at: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/" ; 
 		:initialization_method = 1 ; 
 		:physics_version = 1 ; 
 		:tracking_id = "6b118a59-8569-44e1-ad9d-4ff1e0386dc2" ; 
 		:version_number = "v20110518" ; 
 		:product = "output" ; 
 		:experiment = "AMIP" ; 
 		:frequency = "mon" ; 
 		:creation_date = "2011-12-18T05:06:39Z" ; 
 		:Conventions = "CF-1.4" ; 
 		:project_id = "CMIP5" ; 
 		:table_id = "Table aero (27 April 2011) 515efb11350437308d37d5ae80d7523f" ; 
 		:title = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 AMIP" ; 
 		:parent_experiment = "piControl" ; 
 		:modeling_realm = "aerosol" ; 
 		:realization = 10 ; 
 		:cmor_version = "2.6.0" ; 
 }