netcdf files/g/d745001/ccmp_6hourly/2016/0 {
  dimensions:
    longitude = 1440;
    longitude_bounds = 1441;
    latitude = 628;
    latitude_bounds = 629;
    time = 4;
  variables:
    float longitude(longitude=1440);
      :valid_min = 0.0f; // float
      :valid_max = 360.0f; // float
      :fill_value = -9999.0f; // float
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :axis = "X";
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Lon";
      :coordinate_defines = "center";

    float latitude(latitude=628);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :actual_range = -78.35f, 78.35f; // float
      :valid_min = -90.0f; // float
      :valid_max = 90.0f; // float
      :fill_value = -9999.0f; // float
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Lat";
      :coordinate_defines = "center";

    double time(time=4);
      :units = "hours since 1987-01-01 00:00:00";
      :delta_t = "0000-00-00 06:00:00";
      :axis = "T";
      :long_name = "Time of analysis";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Time";
      :valid_min = 257904.0; // double
      :valid_max = 257922.0; // double
      :_Fillvalue = -9999.0; // double

    float uwnd(time=4, latitude=628, longitude=1440);
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
      :valid_min = -100.0f; // float
      :valid_max = 100.0f; // float
      :coordinates = "time latitude longitude";
      :units = "m s-1";
      :height = "10 meters above sea-surface";
      :long_name = "u-wind vector component at 10 meters";
      :standard_name = "eastward_wind";

    float vwnd(time=4, latitude=628, longitude=1440);
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
      :valid_min = -100.0f; // float
      :valid_max = 100.0f; // float
      :coordinates = "time latitude longitude";
      :units = "m s-1";
      :height = "10 meters above sea-surface";
      :long_name = "v-wind vector component at 10 meters";
      :standard_name = "northward_wind";

    float nobs(time=4, latitude=628, longitude=1440);
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float
      :valid_min = 0.0f; // float
      :valid_max = 100.0f; // float
      :coordinates = "time latitude longitude";
      :long_name = "number of observations used to derive wind vector components";
      :standard_name = "number_of_observations";
      :ancillary_variables = "uwnd vwnd";

  // global attributes:
  :contact = "Remote Sensing Systems, support@remss.com";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6";
  :data_structure = "grid";
  :title = "RSS CCMP V2.0 derived surface winds (Level 3.0)";
  :history = "20170719T165228ZZ - netCDF generated from original data using IDL 8.5 by RSS using files: vam_v2.0.analysis.t20160603.z00.dat", "20170719T165228ZZ - netCDF generated from original data using IDL 8.5 by RSS using files: vam_v2.0.analysis.t20160603.z06.dat", "20170719T165228ZZ - netCDF generated from original data using IDL 8.5 by RSS using files: vam_v2.0.analysis.t20160603.z12.dat", "20170719T165228ZZ - netCDF generated from original data using IDL 8.5 by RSS using files: vam_v2.0.analysis.t20160603.z18.dat";
  :description = "RSS VAM 6-hour analyses starting from the NCEP GFS wind analyses";
  :summary = "CCMP V2.0 has been created using the same VAM as CCMP V1.1 only it is now running at Remote Sensing Systems. Input data have changed and now include all V7 radiometer data from RSS, V8.1 GMI data from RSS, scatterometer data from RSS (V4 QuikSCAT and V1.2 ASCAT), quality checked moored buoy data from NDBC, PMEL, and ISDM, and ERA-Interim data from ECMWF.";
  :institute_id = "RSS";
  :institution = "Remote Sensing Systems (RSS)";
  :base_date = "Y2016 M06 D03";
  :comment = "none";
  :license = "available for public use with proper citation";
  :product_version = "v2.0";
  :netcdf_version_id = "4.2";
  :date_created = "20170719T165228Z";
  :geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north";
  :geospatial_lat_resolution = "0.25 degrees";
  :geospatial_lat_min = "-78.375 degrees";
  :geospatial_lat_max = "78.375 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_units = "degrees_east";
  :geospatial_lon_resolution = "0.25 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_min = "0.125 degrees";
  :geospatial_lon_max = "359.875 degrees";
  :creator_name = "Remote Sensing Systems";
  :creator_email = "support@remss.com";
  :creator_url = "http://www.remss.com/";
  :project = "RSS Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform Ocean Surface Wind Project";
  :publisher_name = "Remote Sensing Systems";
  :publisher_email = "support@remss.com";
  :publisher_url = "http://www.remss.com/";
  :contributor_name = "Carl Mears, Joel Scott, Frank Wentz, Ross Hoffman, Mark Leidner, Robert Atlas, Joe Ardizzone";
  :contributor_role = "Co-Investigator, Software Engineer, Project Lead, Co-Investigator, Software Engineer, Principal Investigator, Software Engineer";
  :processing_level = "L3.0";
  :keywords = "surface winds, ocean winds, wind speed/wind direction, MEaSUREs, 10km - < 50km or approximately 0.09 degree - < 0.5 degree";
  :keywords_vocabulary = "GCMD Science Keywords";
  :references = "Hoffman et al., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2013; Atlas et al., BAMS, 2011; Atlas et al., BAMS, 1996";
}