netcdf gecssmi14X1.c1.20080807.000000 {
dimensions:
	time = 1 ;
	lect = 2 ;
	lon = 1440 ;
	lat = 720 ;
variables:
	int base_time ;
		base_time:string = " 7-Aug-2008, 00:00:00 GMT" ;
		base_time:long_name = "Base time in Epoch" ;
		base_time:units = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00" ;
	double time_offset(time) ;
		time_offset:long_name = "Time offset from base_time" ;
		time_offset:units = "seconds since 2008-08-07, 00:00:00 0:00" ;
		time_offset:description = "Based on time of pass" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight GMT" ;
		time:units = "seconds since 2008-08-07, 00:00:00 0:00" ;
	float lect(lect) ;
		lect:long_name = "Local Equatorial Crossing Time" ;
		lect:units = "hours since local midnight" ;
	float retrieval_time(lect, lat, lon) ;
		retrieval_time:long_name = "Retrieval Time" ;
		retrieval_time:units = "minutes since 2008-08-07, 00:00:00 0:00 GMT" ;
		retrieval_time:description1 = "Time offset from midnight GMT" ;
		retrieval_time:description2 = "Retrieval time corresponds to the nearest 6th minute of the average of all individual point observation times in each 0.25 deg by 0.25 deg grid cell." ;
		retrieval_time:axis = "TYX" ;
		retrieval_time:valid_min = 0.f ;
		retrieval_time:valid_max = 1440.f ;
	float wind_speed(lect, lat, lon) ;
		wind_speed:long_name = "Wind Speed at 10 meters" ;
		wind_speed:units = "m/s" ;
		wind_speed:axis = "TYX" ;
		wind_speed:valid_min = 0.f ;
		wind_speed:valid_max = 50.f ;
	float pwv(lect, lat, lon) ;
		pwv:long_name = "Precipitable Water Vapor" ;
		pwv:units = "mm" ;
		pwv:axis = "TYX" ;
		pwv:valid_min = 0.f ;
		pwv:valid_max = 75.f ;
	float cloud_liquid_water(lect, lat, lon) ;
		cloud_liquid_water:long_name = "Total Cloud Liquid Water Amount" ;
		cloud_liquid_water:units = "mm" ;
		cloud_liquid_water:axis = "TYX" ;
		cloud_liquid_water:valid_min = 0.f ;
		cloud_liquid_water:valid_max = 2.5f ;
	float precip_rate(lect, lat, lon) ;
		precip_rate:long_name = "Precipitation Rate" ;
		precip_rate:units = "mm/hr" ;
		precip_rate:axis = "TYX" ;
		precip_rate:valid_min = 0.f ;
		precip_rate:valid_max = 25.f ;
	float lon(lon) ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:units = "degrees" ;
	float lat(lat) ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:units = "degrees" ;

// global attributes:
		:Date = "Tue Mar 31 20:33:20 2009" ;
		:facility_id = "X1" ;
		:site_id = "External Data" ;
		:data_level = "c1" ;
		:data_description = "SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave/Imager) data from the F14 satellite" ;
		:data_source = "SSM/I data are produced by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA Earth Science REASoN DISCOVER Project. Data are available at www.remss.com." ;
		:Terms_Of_Data_Use = "Please credit Remote Sensing Systems in research and publications by following the Terms of Data Use agreement specified at www.ssmi.com" ;
		:Data_Version = "SSM/I Version 6 (V06)" ;
		:URL_reference = "www.ssmi.com" ;
		:landmass_flag = -9999.f ;
		:missing_data_flag = -9998.f ;
		:bad_data_flag = -9997.f ;
		:sea_ice_flag = -9996.f ;
		:rain_area_flag = -9995.f ;
		:flag_descriptions = "The following is a description of the flags" ;
		:landmass_flag_description = "Flag indicates land" ;
		:missing_data_flag_description = "Flag indicates that no SSM/I observations exist" ;
		:bad_data_flag_description = "Flag indicates that SSM/I observations exist, but are bad" ;
		:sea_ice_flag_description = "Flag indicates sea ice (locations where >0% ice)" ;
		:rain_area_flag_description = "Flag indicates regions of rain on wind speed map or heavy rain on water vapor map" ;
		:axis_attribute = "Axis attribute follows the GTD convention as described in http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/drach/GDT_convention.html" ;
		:Version = "$State: process-xdc-ssmi-1.1-0 $" ;
		:IDL_Version = "VAP coded in IDL (sparc / sunos / unix / 6.2)" ;
		:Command_Line = "ssmi_ingest.pl -i 20080807" ;
		:zeb_platform = "gecssmi14X1.c1" ;
		:input_files = "gecssmi14X1.00.20080807.000000.raw" ;
		:Input_Platforms = "gecssmi14X1.00" ;
}