Copyright (C) 1995-2009 - All Rights Reserved University Corporation for Atmospheric Research NCAR Command Language Version 5.1.1 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement. See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details. Variable: f (file variable) filename: thflx.2008 path: thflx.2008.nc file global attributes: creation_date : Fri Mar 2 15:05:00 MDT 2007 sfcHeatFlux : Note that the net surface heat flux are the total surface heat flux from the NCEP reanalysis 2 plus the relaxation terms. time_comment : The internal time stamp indicates the FIRST day of the averaging period. conventions : COARDS grib_file : godas.M.2007* html_REFERENCES : http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/background.shtml html_BACKGROUND : http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS/background.shtml html_GODAS : www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/GODAS comment : NOTE: THESE ARE THE BIAS CORRECTED GODAS FILES. title : GODAS: Global Ocean Data Assimilation System history : Created 2007/03 by Hoop references : http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.godas.html dimensions: time = 12 // unlimited lat = 418 lon = 360 variables: float lon ( lon ) units : degrees_east GridType : Cylindrical Equidistant Projection Grid long_name : longitude actual_range : ( 0.5, 359.5 ) float lat ( lat ) units : degrees_north GridType : Cylindrical Equidistant Projection Grid long_name : latitude actual_range : ( -74.5, 64.499 ) double time ( time ) units : days since 1901-01-01 00:00:0.0 info : This is the FIRST day of the averaging period. long_name : time actual_range : ( 39081, 39416 ) delta_t : 0000-01-00 00:00:00 avg_period : 0000-01-00 00:00:00 integer date ( time ) units : YYYYMM float timePlot ( time ) info : good for plotting time series units : YYYY.(fractional part of year) short thflx ( time, lat, lon ) missing_value : 32767 dataset : NCEP GODAS var_desc : total downward heat flux at surface level_desc : surface statistic : Monthly Mean parent_stat : Individual Obs _FillValue : 32766 sub_center : Environmental Modeling Center center : US National Weather Service - NCEP (WMC) long_name : Total downward heat flux at surface (downward is positive) units : W/m2 level_indicator : 1 gds_grid_type : 0 parameter_table_version : 129 parameter_number : 202 add_offset : 0 scale_factor : 0.08545183 valid_range : ( -1400, 1400 ) actual_range : ( -1093.504, 1049.981 )