netcdf files/d841001/201304/nexrad_3d_v4_2_20130429T230000Z.nc { dimensions: Longitude = 2832; Latitude = 1248; Altitude = 28; Index = 4009235; SweepRef = 29; Sweep = 1677; time = 1; variables: double Longitude(Longitude=2832); :long_name = "Longitude"; :description = "Longitudes of grid box centers"; :delta = 0.02083333333333333; // double :units = "degrees_east"; :class = "DIMENSION_SCALE"; double Latitude(Latitude=1248); :long_name = "Latitude"; :description = "Latitudes of grid box centers"; :delta = 0.02083333333333333; // double :units = "degrees_north"; :class = "DIMENSION_SCALE"; double Altitude(Altitude=28); :long_name = "Geometric altitude with respect to geoid"; :units = "km"; :description = "Altitudes of grid box centers"; :delta = 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0; // double :positive = "up"; :class = "DIMENSION_SCALE"; char sweeps_merged(Sweep=1677, SweepRef=29); :long_name = "Information about azimuth scans used in analysis (station ID, date and time, elevation angle)"; byte Nradobs(Altitude=28, Latitude=1248, Longitude=2832); :long_name = "Number of radar azimuth scans (elevation angles) observing grid box"; :units = "counts"; :_ChunkSizes = 7U, 416U, 944U; // uint byte Nradecho(Altitude=28, Latitude=1248, Longitude=2832); :long_name = "Number of radar azimuth scans (elevation angles) with echo in grid box"; :units = "counts"; :_ChunkSizes = 7U, 416U, 944U; // uint int index(Index=4009235); :long_name = "Grid box subscripts"; :description = "1-D subscripts of grid boxes containing valid radar observations"; :_ChunkSizes = 1002309U; // uint float Reflectivity(Index=4009235); :long_name = "Radar Reflectivity"; :units = "dBZ"; :missing_value = NaNf; // float :_ChunkSizes = 1002309U; // uint float wReflectivity(Index=4009235); :long_name = "Reflectivity Bin Weights"; :units = "dimensionless"; :missing_value = 0.0f; // float :_ChunkSizes = 1002309U; // uint float SpectrumWidth(Index=4009235); :long_name = "Velocity Spectrum Width"; :units = "m s^-1"; :missing_value = NaNf; // float :_ChunkSizes = 1002309U; // uint float wSpectrumWidth(Index=4009235); :long_name = "Velocity Spectrum Width Bin Weights"; :units = "dimensionless"; :missing_value = 0.0f; // float :_ChunkSizes = 1002309U; // uint int datehour(time=1); :units = "1"; :long_name = "year, month, day, hour"; double time(time=1); :calendar = "gregorian"; :units = "hours since 1900-01-01 00:00:00"; :long_name = "time"; :_FillValue = 9.969209968386869E36; // double :class = "DIMENSION_SCALE"; // global attributes: :Name = "GridRad"; :Description = "Three-dimensional gridded NEXRAD radar reflectivity data"; :Analysis_time = "2013-04-29 23:00:00Z"; :Analysis_time_window = "all azimuth scans (elevation angles) with central times within +/- 3.8 minutes of analysis time"; :Algorithm_version = "v4_2"; :Algorithm_description = "Space and time binning weighted by distances from contributing radars"; :Processing_Software = "The intermediate NetCDF volume scan files were created using: Weather and Climate Toolit: Current Version = 4.3.1"; :NOAA_toolkit_root = "/scratch/user/kwchang30/wct/wct-4.3.1/"; :File_creation_date = "2021-03-05 02:00:32Z"; :Grid_scheme = "uniform longitude-latitude grid, non-uniform altitude grid"; :Storage_scheme = "netCDF-4, sparse"; :Data_source = "Amazon Web Services"; :Data_source_URL = "https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/radar-data/nexrad"; :Authors = "Kenneth P. Bowman, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3150, k-bowman@tamu.edu; Cameron R. Homeyer, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73072-7307, chomeyer@ou.edu"; :Project_sponsor = "National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth Ventures Suborbital-3 Program"; :Project_name = "80NSSC19K0341 and 80NSSC19K0347; Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS; https://dcotss.org)"; }