netcdf files/d728004/netcdf/gpcp_cdr_v23rB1_y1980_m12.nc {
  dimensions:
    nlat = 72;
    nlon = 144;
    time = 1;
    nv = 2;
  variables:
    float latitude(nlat=72);
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :valid_range = -90.0f, 90.0f; // float
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float
      :bounds = "lat_bounds";

    float longitude(nlon=144);
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :valid_range = 0.0f, 360.0f; // float
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float
      :bounds = "lon_bounds";

    float time(time=1);
      :long_name = "time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 0:00";
      :calendar = "julian";
      :axis = "T";

    float lat_bounds(nlat=72, nv=2);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :comment = "latitude values at the north and south bounds of each pixel.";

    float lon_bounds(nlon=144, nv=2);
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :comment = "longitude values at the west and east bounds of each pixel.";

    float time_bounds(nv=2, time=1);
      :units = "days since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 0:00";
      :comment = "time bounds for each time value";

    float precip(nlat=72, nlon=144);
      :long_name = "NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of GPCP Satellite-Gauge Combined Precipitation";
      :standard_name = "precipitation amount";
      :units = "millimeters/day";
      :coordinates = "longitude latitude time";
      :valid_range = 0.0f, 100.0f; // float
      :cell_methods = "precip: mean";
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float

    float precip_error(nlat=72, nlon=144);
      :long_name = "NOAA CDR of GPCP Satellite-Gauge Combined Precipitation Error";
      :units = "millimeters/day";
      :coordinates = "longitude latitude";
      :valid_range = 0.0f, 100.0f; // float
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6, ACDD 1.3";
  :title = "NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Satellite-Gauge Precipitation from the Global Precipitation Climatatology Project (GPCP), V2.3";
  :source = "oc.198012.sg";
  :references = "Huffman et al. 1997, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0005:TGPCPG>2.0.CO;2; Adler et al. 2003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1147:TVGPCP>2.0.CO;2; Huffman et al. 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL040000; Adler et al. 2016, Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis: Climate Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (C-ATBD)";
  :history = "1) 2016-07-12T11:23:32Z, Dr. Jian-Jian Wang, U of Maryland, Created beta (B1) file";
  :Metadata_Conventions = "CF-1.5, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0, NOAA CDR v1.0, GDS v2.0";
  :standard_name_vocabulary = "CF Standard Name Table (v31, 08 March 2016)";
  :id = "gpcp_cdr_v23rB1_y1980_m12.nc";
  :naming_authority = "gov.noaa.ncdc";
  :date_created = "2016-07-12T11:23:32Z";
  :license = "No constraints on data access or use.";
  :summary = "Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Version 2.3 gridded, merged satellite/gauge precipitation Climate data Record (CDR) with errors from 1979 to present.";
  :keywords = "EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT";
  :keywords_vocabulary = "NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords, Version 7.0";
  :cdm_data_type = "Grid";
  :project = "GPCP > Global Precipitation Climatology Project";
  :processing_level = "NASA Level 3";
  :creator_name = "Dr. Jian-Jian Wang";
  :creator_email = "jjwang@umd.edu";
  :institution = "ACADEMIC > UMD/ESSIC > Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland";
  :publisher_name = "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)";
  :publisher_email = "jjwang@umd.edu";
  :publisher_url = "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov";
  :geospatial_lat_min = "-88.75";
  :geospatial_lat_max = "88.75";
  :geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north";
  :geospatial_lat_resolution = "2.5 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_min = "1.25";
  :geospatial_lon_max = "358.75";
  :geospatial_lon_units = "degrees_east";
  :geospatial_lon_resolution = "2.5 degrees";
  :time_coverage_start = "1980-12-01T00:00:00Z";
  :time_coverage_end = "1980-12-31T23:59:59Z";
  :time_coverage_duration = "P1M";
  :contributor_name = "Robert Adler, George Huffman, Mathew Sapiano, Jian-Jian Wang";
  :contributor_role = "principalInvestigator, principalInvestigator, processor and custodian";
  :acknowledgment = "This project was supported in part by a grant from the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites.";
  :cdr_program = "NOAA Climate Data Record Program for satellites, FY 2011.";
  :cdr_variable = "precipitation";
  :metadata_link = "gov.noaa.ncdc:XXXXX";
  :product_version = "v23rB1";
  :platform = "NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites)";
  :sensor = "AVHRR>Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer";
  :spatial_resolution = "2.5 degree";
  :comment = "Processing computer: eagle2.umd.edu";
}