netcdf nimmergesonde1maceM1.c1.20061231.000000 {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (1440 currently)
	height = 266 ;
variables:
	int base_time ;
		base_time:string = "31-Dec-2006,0:00:00 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 2006-12-31 00:00:00 0:00" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight" ;
		time:units = "seconds since 2006-12-31 00:00:00 0:00" ;
	float height(height) ;
		height:long_name = "Height" ;
		height:units = "km above MSL" ;
	float precip(time) ;
		precip:long_name = "Precipitation" ;
		precip:units = "mm" ;
		precip:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float temp(time, height) ;
		temp:long_name = "Temperature" ;
		temp:units = "C" ;
		temp:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		temp:valid_min = -90.f ;
		temp:valid_max = 50.f ;
	float rh(time, height) ;
		rh:long_name = "Relative humidity" ;
		rh:units = "%" ;
		rh:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		rh:valid_min = 0.f ;
		rh:valid_max = 105.f ;
	float vap_pres(time, height) ;
		vap_pres:long_name = "Vapor pressure" ;
		vap_pres:units = "kPa" ;
		vap_pres:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float bar_pres(time, height) ;
		bar_pres:long_name = "Barometric pressure" ;
		bar_pres:units = "kPa" ;
		bar_pres:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		bar_pres:valid_min = 0.f ;
		bar_pres:valid_max = 110.f ;
	float wspd(time, height) ;
		wspd:long_name = "Wind speed" ;
		wspd:units = "m/s" ;
		wspd:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		wspd:valid_min = 0.f ;
		wspd:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float wdir(time, height) ;
		wdir:long_name = "Wind direction" ;
		wdir:units = "deg" ;
		wdir:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		wdir:valid_min = 0.f ;
		wdir:valid_max = 360.f ;
	float u_wind(time, height) ;
		u_wind:long_name = "Eastward wind component" ;
		u_wind:units = "m/s" ;
		u_wind:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		u_wind:valid_min = -75.f ;
		u_wind:valid_max = 75.f ;
	float v_wind(time, height) ;
		v_wind:long_name = "Northward wind component" ;
		v_wind:units = "m/s" ;
		v_wind:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		v_wind:valid_min = -75.f ;
		v_wind:valid_max = 75.f ;
	float dp(time, height) ;
		dp:long_name = "Dewpoint temperature" ;
		dp:units = "C" ;
		dp:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		dp:valid_min = -110.f ;
		dp:valid_max = 50.f ;
	float potential_temp(time, height) ;
		potential_temp:long_name = "Potential temperature" ;
		potential_temp:units = "K" ;
		potential_temp:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float sh(time, height) ;
		sh:long_name = "Specific humidity" ;
		sh:units = "g/g" ;
		sh:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float rh_scaled(time, height) ;
		rh_scaled:long_name = "Relative humidity scaled using MWR" ;
		rh_scaled:units = "%" ;
		rh_scaled:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		rh_scaled:valid_min = 0.f ;
		rh_scaled:valid_max = 105.f ;
	float sonde_fraction(time, height) ;
		sonde_fraction:long_name = "Sonde contribution to the new data point" ;
		sonde_fraction:units = "fraction" ;
		sonde_fraction:comment_1 = "Remaining fraction is the contribution of model data" ;
		sonde_fraction:comment_2 = "Value is between 0 and 1" ;
		sonde_fraction:comment_3 = "Used for all fields other than rh (e.g. temp and bar_pres)" ;
		sonde_fraction:comment_4 = "How Used: new_value = sonde_fraction * sonde_value + (1-sonde_fraction) * model_value" ;
		sonde_fraction:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float sonde_fraction_rh(time, height) ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:long_name = "Sonde contribution to the new rh" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:units = "fraction" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:comment_1 = "Remaining fraction is the contribution of model data" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:comment_2 = "Value is between 0 and 1" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:comment_3 = "Used for rh" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:comment_4 = "How Used: new_value = sonde_fraction_rh * sonde_value + (1-sonde_fraction_rh) * model_value" ;
		sonde_fraction_rh:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float vapor_source(time, height) ;
		vapor_source:long_name = "Source of the MWR data used to produce scaled RH" ;
		vapor_source:units = "unitless" ;
		vapor_source:comment_1 = "0 -- Vapor from Turner Datastream without Problems" ;
		vapor_source:comment_2 = "1 -- Vapor from Turner Datastream with Problems" ;
		vapor_source:comment_3 = "2 -- Vapor from MWRLOS Datastream without Problems" ;
		vapor_source:comment_4 = "3 -- Vapor from MWRLOS Datastream with Problems" ;
		vapor_source:comment_5 = "4 -- No Vapor from MWR" ;
		vapor_source:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float lat ;
		lat:long_name = "North latitude" ;
		lat:units = "degree_N" ;
		lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
		lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
	float lon ;
		lon:long_name = "East longitude" ;
		lon:units = "degree_E" ;
		lon:valid_min = -180.f ;
		lon:valid_max = 180.f ;
	float alt ;
		alt:long_name = "Altitude above mean sea level" ;
		alt:units = "m" ;

// global attributes:
		:Date = "Fri Mar 21 15:20:19 2008" ;
		:Version = "$State:$" ;
		:Command_Line = "mergesondemace -f Nim -d 20061231" ;
		:BW_Version = "$State: ds-dsutil-bw-4.6-0 $" ;
		:Reference = "See White Paper" ;
		:Input_Datastream_Descriptions = "A string consisting of the datastream(s), datastream version(s), and datastream date (range)" ;
		:Input_Datastreams_Num = "17" ;
		:Input_Datastreams = "nimmetM1.b1 : 2.100000 : 20061230.220000-20070101.000000 ;\n",
			"nimsondewnpnM1.b1 : 5.190000 : 20061230.233100-20061231.233200 ;\n",
			"nimmwrlosM1.b1 : 2.100000 : 20061230.220005-20070101.000110 ;\n",
			"nimmwrret1liljclouM1.c1 : $Id: aer_mwr_retrieval.c,v 1.6 2007/02/02 18:01:17 dturner Exp dturner $ : 20061230.220004-20070101.000130 ;\n",
			"nimecmwfvarX1.c1 : $State: process-xdc-ecmwf-7.2-0 $ : 20061231.000000-20070101.000000 ;" ;
		:zeb_platform = "nimmergesonde1maceM1.c1" ;
		:history = "created by user troyan on machine stratus at 21-Mar-2008,15:20:19, using $State: ds-zebra-zeblib-4.16-0 $" ;
}