[root@acrc try_cdo]# ncdump -v lev va_6hrLev_HadGEM2-ES_rcp45_r1i1p1_200512010600-200603010000.nc netcdf va_6hrLev_HadGEM2-ES_rcp45_r1i1p1_200512010600-200603010000 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (360 currently) lev = 38 ; lat = 144 ; lon = 192 ; bnds = 2 ; variables: double time(time) ; time:units = "days since 1859-12-01" ; time:calendar = "360_day" ; time:axis = "T" ; time:long_name = "time" ; time:standard_name = "time" ; double lev(lev) ; lev:bounds = "lev_bnds" ; lev:units = "m" ; lev:axis = "Z" ; lev:positive = "up" ; lev:long_name = "hybrid height coordinate" ; lev:standard_name = "atmosphere_hybrid_height_coordinate" ; lev:formula = "z(k,j,i) = a(k) + b(k)*orog(j,i)" ; lev:formula_terms = "a: lev b: b orog: orog" ; double lev_bnds(lev, bnds) ; lev_bnds:formula = "z(k,j,i) = a(k) + b(k)*orog(j,i)" ; lev_bnds:standard_name = "atmosphere_hybrid_height_coordinate" ; lev_bnds:units = "m" ; lev_bnds:formula_terms = "a: lev_bnds b: b_bnds orog: orog" ; double b(lev) ; b:long_name = "vertical coordinate formula term: b(k)" ; float orog(lat, lon) ; orog:standard_name = "surface_altitude" ; orog:long_name = "Surface Altitude" ; orog:comment = "height above the geoid; as defined here, \"\"the geoid\"\" is a surface of constant geopotential that, if the ocean were at rest, would coincide with mean sea level. Under this definition, the geoid changes as the mean volume of the ocean changes (e.g., due to glacial melt, or global warming of the ocean). Report here the height above the present-day geoid. Over ocean, report as 0.0" ; orog:units = "m" ; double b_bnds(lev, bnds) ; b_bnds:long_name = "vertical coordinate formula term: b(k+1/2)" ; 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 va(time, lev, lat, lon) ; va:standard_name = "northward_wind" ; va:long_name = "Northward Wind" ; va:comment = "on all model levels" ; va:units = "m s-1" ; va:original_name = "mo: m01s00i003" ; va:history = "2010-09-08T14:00:25Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing value flag (-1.07374e+09) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ; va:missing_value = 1.e+20f ; va:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ; va:associated_files = "baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_fx_HadGEM2-ES_rcp45_r0i0p0.nc" ; // global attributes: :institution = "Met Office Hadley Centre, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB, UK, (http://www.metoffice.gov.uk)" ; :institute_id = "MOHC" ; :experiment_id = "rcp45" ; :source = "HadGEM2-ES (2009) atmosphere: HadGAM2 (N96L38); ocean: HadGOM2 (lat: 1.0-0.3 lon: 1.0 L40); land-surface/vegetation: MOSES2 and TRIFFID; tropospheric chemistry: UKCA; ocean biogeochemistry: diat-HadOCC" ; :model_id = "HadGEM2-ES" ; :forcing = "GHG, SA, Oz, LU, Sl, Vl, BC, OC, (GHG = CO2, N2O, CH4, CFCs)" ; :parent_experiment_id = "historical" ; :branch_time = 52560. ; :contact = "chris.d.jones@metoffice.gov.uk, michael.sanderson@metoffice.gov.uk" ; :history = "MOHC pp to CMOR/NetCDF convertor (version 1.4) 2010-09-08T13:59:28Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CMIP5 requirements.; correction applied at CEDA [2010-12-10T02:44:58Z]: copy_aed [1.0] removed cell_measures, modified associated_files and added parent_experiment_{id,rip}" ; :references = "Bellouin N. et al, (2007) Improved representation of aerosols for HadGEM2. Meteorological Office Hadley Centre, Technical Note 73, March 2007; Collins W.J. et al, (2008) Evaluation of the HadGEM2 model. Meteorological Office Hadley Centre, Technical Note 74,; Johns T.C. et al, (2006) The new Hadley Centre climate model HadGEM1: Evaluation of coupled simulations. Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 19, No. 7, pages 1327-1353.; Martin G.M. et al, (2006) The physical properties of the atmosphere in the new Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model, HadGEM1 - Part 1: Model description and global climatology. Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 19, No.7, pages 1274-1301.; Ringer M.A. et al, (2006) The physical properties of the atmosphere in the new Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model, HadGEM1 - Part 2: Aspects of variability and regional climate. Journal of Climate, American Meteorological Society, Vol. 19, No. 7, pages 1302-1326." ; :initialization_method = 1 ; :physics_version = 1 ; :tracking_id = "d0cf34de-ff7f-43c6-b682-31c25a0b0d00" ; :mo_runid = "ajnjg" ; :product = "output" ; :experiment = "RCP4.5" ; :frequency = "6hr" ; :creation_date = "2010-09-08T14:00:25Z" ; :Conventions = "CF-1.4" ; :project_id = "CMIP5" ; :table_id = "Table 6hrLev (23 August 2010) 235242a4410e9b772307262dc755a17b" ; :title = "HadGEM2-ES model output prepared for CMIP5 RCP4.5" ; :parent_experiment = "historical" ; :modeling_realm = "atmos" ; :realization = 1 ; :cmor_version = "2.2.0" ; :parent_experiment_rip = "r1i1p1" ; data: lev = 9.99820613861084, 49.9988822937012, 130.000228881836, 249.998336791992, 410.001037597656, 610.00048828125, 850.000610351562, 1130.00146484375, 1449.9990234375, 1810.00109863281, 2210, 2649.99951171875, 3129.99975585938, 3650.00073242188, 4209.99853515625, 4810.0009765625, 5450, 6129.99951171875, 6850, 7610.0009765625, 8409.9990234375, 9250.0009765625, 10130, 11050, 12010.0009765625, 13010.001953125, 14050.400390625, 15137.7197265625, 16284.9736328125, 17506.96875, 18820.8203125, 20246.599609375, 21808.13671875, 23542.18359375, 25520.9609375, 27901.357421875, 31063.888671875, 36081.76171875 ; }