netcdf GFED4.1s_1997 {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (12 currently)
	lat = 720 ;
	lon = 1440 ;
variables:
	double time(time) ;
		string time:units = "hours since 1997-01-01 00:00:00" ;
		string time:calendar = "standard" ;
		string time:info = "time corresponds to the 1st day of current month" ;
	int yyyymm(time) ;
		string yyyymm:long_name = "current year and month: YYYYMM" ;
	float lat(lat) ;
		string lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
	float lon(lon) ;
		string lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
	ubyte BASIS_REGIONS(lat, lon) ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:long_name = "Basis-regions used for GFED analyses" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_9 = "SHAF (Southern Hemisphere Africa)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_8 = "NHAF (Northern Hemisphere Africa)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_7 = "MIDE (Middle East)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_6 = "EURO (Europe)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_5 = "SHSA (Southern Hemisphere South America)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_4 = "NHSA (Northern Hemisphere South America)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_3 = "CEAM (Central America)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_2 = "TENA (Temperate North America" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_14 = "AUST (Australia and New Zealand)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_13 = "EQAS (Equatorial Asia)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_12 = "SEAS (Southeast Asia)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_11 = "CEAS (Central Asia)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_10 = "BOAS (Boreal Asia)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_1 = "BONA (Boreal North America)" ;
		string BASIS_REGIONS:class_0 = "Ocean" ;
	float GRID_CELL_AREA(lat, lon) ;
		string GRID_CELL_AREA:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
		string GRID_CELL_AREA:units = "m^2" ;
		string GRID_CELL_AREA:long_name = "Grid cell area (0.25 degree global grid)" ;
	float BURNED_FRACTION(time, lat, lon) ;
		string BURNED_FRACTION:units = "Fraction of grid cell" ;
		string BURNED_FRACTION:long_name = "GFED4s burned fraction. Note that this INCLUDES an experimental \"small fire\" estimate and is thus different from the Giglio et al. (2013) paper" ;
		string BURNED_FRACTION:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	byte SOURCE(time, lat, lon) ;
		string SOURCE:long_name = "Source of GFED4 burned area estimate. Note that the files here INCLUDE an experimental \"small fire\" estimate and are thus different from the Giglio et al. (2013) paper" ;
		string SOURCE:class_5 = "climatology" ;
		string SOURCE:class_4 = "ATSR local regression" ;
		string SOURCE:class_3 = "VIRS local regression" ;
		string SOURCE:class_2 = "500-m MCD64A1" ;
		string SOURCE:class_1 = "unmapped" ;
		string SOURCE:class_0 = "water" ;
		string SOURCE:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C:units = "g C / m^2 / month" ;
		string C:long_name = "GFED4s biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float DM(time, lat, lon) ;
		string DM:units = "kg DM / m^2 / month" ;
		string DM:long_name = "GFED4s biomass burning dry matter emissions" ;
		string DM:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float SMALL_FIRE_FRACTION(time, lat, lon) ;
		string SMALL_FIRE_FRACTION:units = "Unitless (fraction)" ;
		string SMALL_FIRE_FRACTION:long_name = "Fraction of total monthly GFED4s biomass burning emissions originating from \"small fire burned area\"" ;
		string SMALL_FIRE_FRACTION:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float BB(time, lat, lon) ;
		string BB:units = "g C / m^2 / month" ;
		string BB:long_name = "Biomass burning carbon emissions based on the CASA-GFED4s framework" ;
		string BB:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float NPP(time, lat, lon) ;
		string NPP:units = "g C / m^2 / month" ;
		string NPP:long_name = "Net primary production based on the CASA-GFED4s framework" ;
		string NPP:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float RH(time, lat, lon) ;
		string RH:units = "g C / m^2 / month" ;
		string RH:long_name = "Heterotrophic respiration based on the CASA-GFED4s framework (includes herbivory)" ;
		string RH:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C_AGRI(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C_AGRI:units = "Unitless" ;
		string C_AGRI:long_name = "Contribution of agricultural waste burning to total monthly biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C_AGRI:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C_BORF(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C_BORF:units = "Unitless" ;
		string C_BORF:long_name = "Contribution of boreal forest fires to total monthly biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C_BORF:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C_DEFO(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C_DEFO:units = "Unitless" ;
		string C_DEFO:long_name = "Contribution of tropical forest fires (deforestation and degradation) to total monthly biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C_DEFO:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C_PEAT(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C_PEAT:units = "Unitless" ;
		string C_PEAT:long_name = "Contribution of peat fires to total monthly biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C_PEAT:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float C_SAVA(time, lat, lon) ;
		string C_SAVA:units = "Unitless" ;
		string C_SAVA:long_name = "Contribution of savanna, grassland, and shrubland fires to total monthly biomass burning carbon emissions" ;
		string C_SAVA:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float DM_AGRI(time, lat, lon) ;
		string DM_AGRI:units = "Unitless" ;
		string DM_AGRI:long_name = "Contribution of agricultural waste burning to total monthly biomass burning dry matter emissions" ;
		string DM_AGRI:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float DM_BORF(time, lat, lon) ;
		string DM_BORF:units = "Unitless" ;
		string DM_BORF:long_name = "Contribution of boreal forest fires to total monthly biomass burning dry matter emissions" ;
		string DM_BORF:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;
	float DM_DEFO(time, lat, lon) ;
		string DM_DEFO:units = "Unitless" ;
		string DM_DEFO:long_name = "Contribution of tropical forest fires (deforestation and degradation) to total monthly biomass burning dry matter emissions" ;
		string DM_DEFO:lonFlip = "longitude coordinate variable has been reordered via lonFlip" ;

// global attributes:
		:_NCProperties = "version=1|netcdflibversion=4.4.1.1|hdf5libversion=1.8.14" ;
		string :creation_date = "Wed Feb  8 23:09:05 MST 2017" ;
		string :NCL = "6.4.0-08Feb2017_0113" ;
		string :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
		string :GFED_WWW = "http://www.globalfiredata.org/" ;
		string :title = "GFED: Global Fire Emissions DataBase" ;
}