netcdf sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1.20141105.000000 { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (18 currently) station = 11 ; level = 22 ; staNamLen = 6 ; variables: int base_time ; base_time:string = " 5-Nov-2014, 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 2014-11-05, 00:00:00 0:00" ; int level(level) ; level:long_name = "Height above station" ; level:units = "meters" ; int wmoStaNum(station) ; wmoStaNum:long_name = "WMO numeric station ID" ; char staName(station, staNamLen) ; staName:long_name = "Alphanumeric station name" ; staName:reference = "station table" ; float staLat(station) ; staLat:long_name = "Station latitude" ; staLat:units = "degrees" ; staLat:valid_min = 0.f ; staLat:valid_max = 90.f ; float staLon(station) ; staLon:long_name = "Station longitude" ; staLon:units = "degrees" ; staLon:valid_min = -180.f ; staLon:valid_max = -50.f ; float staElev(station) ; staElev:long_name = "Station elevation" ; staElev:units = "meters" ; double timeObs(time, station) ; timeObs:long_name = "Time of observation" ; timeObs:_FillValue = 1.e+38 ; timeObs:units = "seconds" ; float windSpeedSfc(time, station) ; windSpeedSfc:long_name = "Wind speed - surface" ; windSpeedSfc:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; windSpeedSfc:units = "meter/sec" ; float windDirSfc(time, station) ; windDirSfc:long_name = "Wind direction - surface" ; windDirSfc:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; windDirSfc:units = "degrees" ; float pressure(time, station) ; pressure:long_name = "Pressure reduced to MSL" ; pressure:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; pressure:units = "hPa" ; float temperature(time, station) ; temperature:long_name = "Temperature - surface" ; temperature:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; temperature:units = "Kelvin" ; float rainRate(time, station) ; rainRate:long_name = "Rainfall rate - surface" ; rainRate:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; rainRate:units = "kg/meter**2/second" ; float relHumidity(time, station) ; relHumidity:long_name = "Relative Humidity - surface" ; relHumidity:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; relHumidity:units = "percent" ; char submode(time, station) ; submode:long_name = "NOAA wind profiler submode" ; byte qualityCode(time, station, level) ; qualityCode:long_name = "NOAA wind profiler quality control test results" ; qualityCode:noBitsSet = "Good" ; qualityCode:bit1Set = "Reserved" ; qualityCode:bit2Set = "Test results inconclusive" ; qualityCode:bit3Set = "Test B performed and failed" ; qualityCode:bit4Set = "Test A performed and failed" ; qualityCode:bit5Set = "Reserved" ; qualityCode:bit6Set = "Reserved" ; qualityCode:bit7Set = "Reserved" ; qualityCode:bit8Set = "Reserved" ; qualityCode:bits1To8Set = "Missing" ; qualityCode:LeastSignificantBit = "bit1" ; float consensusNum(time, station, level) ; consensusNum:long_name = "Virtual temperature consensus num" ; consensusNum:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; float peakPower(time, station, level) ; peakPower:long_name = "Spectral peak power" ; peakPower:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; peakPower:units = "dB" ; float virtualTemp(time, station, level) ; virtualTemp:long_name = "Virtual temperature" ; virtualTemp:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; virtualTemp:units = "Kelvin" ; float velocityVar(time, station, level) ; velocityVar:long_name = "Velocity variance" ; velocityVar:units = "meter2/sec2" ; velocityVar:level = "levels" ; velocityVar:_FillValue = 1.e+38f ; // global attributes: :Date = "Sat Nov 8 09:17:46 2014" ; :IDL_Version = "Coded in IDL (sparc / sunos / unix / 6.2)" ; :Version = "$State: process-xdc-sgpwpdn-7.0-5 $" ; :Command_Line = "wpdn_ingest -i 20141105 -type rass60" ; :Input_Platforms = "sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.00" ; :data_organization = "irgrid" ; :data_level = "b1" ; :time_interval = "60 minutes" ; :Averaging_Information = "Data at time t refer to observations in the previous time_interval [t-time_interval,t]\n", "Hourly data is created from 6 minute data that meets consensus\n", "4 of the 10 time periods have to meet the consensus criteria to make hourly data\n", "Usually 9+ timperiods are used to create the hourly data\n", "The hourly data can come from 24 to 60 minutes of data in the hour." ; :height_resolution = "~320 m for low mode, ~900 m for high mode" ; :Height_Resolution_Information = "Gate heights are at the middle of the sample volume\n", "Low mode starts at 500 m AGL and ends at 9250 m AGL\n", "High mode starts at 7500 m AGL and ends at 16250 m AGL\n", "By default good low mode data is used in the overlap region." ; :WPDN_reference_URL = "http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/npn" ; :WPDN_acquisition_information = "As of 5/19/2006, data is acquired via the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) network.\n", "For more information on the IDD network and data usage policy, please see http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idd/" ; :missing_value = -9999.f ; :explanation_of_missing_value = "-9999 indicates that data is missing for the station from the raw file" ; :facility_id = "external" ; :site_id = "sgp" ; :qc_method = "Quality Assurance pre-applied by FSL" ; :QC_Field_Information = "Quality code bits are set as follows\n", "=========================================\n", "qualityCodeNoBitsSet = Good\n", "qualityCodeBit1Set = Reserved\n", "qualityCodeBit2Set = Test results inconclusive\n", "qualityCodeBit3Set = Test B performed and failed\n", "qualityCodeBit4Set = Test A performed and failed\n", "qualityCodeBit5Set = Reserved\n", "qualityCodeBit6Set = Reserved\n", "qualityCodeBit7Set = Reserved\n", "qualityCodeBit8Set = Reserved\n", "qualityCodeBits1To8Set = Missing\n", "qualityCodeLeastSignificantBit = bit1" ; :zeb_platform = "sgp60fslwpdnrassX1.b1" ; }