netcdf twpncepgfsdarflxX1.c1.20100701.000000 {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (52 currently)
	forecast_hours = 17 ;
variables:
	int base_time ;
		base_time:string = " 1-Jul-2010, 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 2010-07-01, 00:00:00 0:00" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time offset from midnight; forecast initialization time" ;
		time:units = "seconds since 2010-07-01, 00:00:00 0:00" ;
	int forecast_hours(forecast_hours) ;
		forecast_hours:long_name = "Forecast time offset from forecast initialization time" ;
		forecast_hours:units = "hours since forecast initialization time" ;
	float land_sea(time, forecast_hours) ;
		land_sea:long_name = "land(1) sea(0) mask" ;
		land_sea:units = "unitless" ;
		land_sea:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		land_sea:valid_min = 0.f ;
		land_sea:valid_max = 1.f ;
	float u_stress(time, forecast_hours) ;
		u_stress:long_name = "stress in zonal direction, 3-hr mean" ;
		u_stress:units = "N/m**2" ;
		u_stress:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		u_stress:valid_min = -10.f ;
		u_stress:valid_max = 10.f ;
	float v_stress(time, forecast_hours) ;
		v_stress:long_name = "stress in meridional direction, 3-hr mean" ;
		v_stress:units = "N/m**2" ;
		v_stress:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		v_stress:valid_min = -10.f ;
		v_stress:valid_max = 10.f ;
	float sens_heat(time, forecast_hours) ;
		sens_heat:long_name = "sensible heat flux, 3-hr mean" ;
		sens_heat:units = "W/m**2" ;
		sens_heat:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		sens_heat:valid_min = -1000.f ;
		sens_heat:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float lat_heat(time, forecast_hours) ;
		lat_heat:long_name = "latent heat flux, 3-hr mean" ;
		lat_heat:units = "W/m**2" ;
		lat_heat:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		lat_heat:valid_min = -1000.f ;
		lat_heat:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float lw_down_surf(time, forecast_hours) ;
		lw_down_surf:long_name = "downward long wave flux at surface, 3-hr mean" ;
		lw_down_surf:units = "W/M**2" ;
		lw_down_surf:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		lw_down_surf:valid_min = 0.f ;
		lw_down_surf:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float lw_up_surf(time, forecast_hours) ;
		lw_up_surf:long_name = "upward long wave flux at surface, 3-hr mean" ;
		lw_up_surf:units = "W/M**2" ;
		lw_up_surf:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		lw_up_surf:valid_min = 0.f ;
		lw_up_surf:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float lw_up_toa(time, forecast_hours) ;
		lw_up_toa:long_name = "upward long wave flux at toa, 3-hr mean" ;
		lw_up_toa:units = "W/M**2" ;
		lw_up_toa:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		lw_up_toa:valid_min = 0.f ;
		lw_up_toa:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float sw_up_toa(time, forecast_hours) ;
		sw_up_toa:long_name = "upward short wave flux at toa, 3-hr mean" ;
		sw_up_toa:units = "W/M**2" ;
		sw_up_toa:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		sw_up_toa:valid_min = 0.f ;
		sw_up_toa:valid_max = 1500.f ;
	float sw_up_surf(time, forecast_hours) ;
		sw_up_surf:long_name = "upward short wave flux at surface, 3-hr mean" ;
		sw_up_surf:units = "W/M**2" ;
		sw_up_surf:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		sw_up_surf:valid_min = 0.f ;
		sw_up_surf:valid_max = 1500.f ;
	float sw_down_surf(time, forecast_hours) ;
		sw_down_surf:long_name = "downward short wave flux at surface, 3-hr mean" ;
		sw_down_surf:units = "W/M**2" ;
		sw_down_surf:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		sw_down_surf:valid_min = 0.f ;
		sw_down_surf:valid_max = 1500.f ;
	float high_a(time, forecast_hours) ;
		high_a:long_name = "high cloud fraction" ;
		high_a:units = "unitless" ;
		high_a:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		high_a:valid_min = 0.f ;
		high_a:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float mid_a(time, forecast_hours) ;
		mid_a:long_name = "mid cloud fraction" ;
		mid_a:units = "unitless" ;
		mid_a:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		mid_a:valid_min = 0.f ;
		mid_a:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float low_a(time, forecast_hours) ;
		low_a:long_name = "low cloud fraction" ;
		low_a:units = "unitless" ;
		low_a:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		low_a:valid_min = 0.f ;
		low_a:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float precip(time, forecast_hours) ;
		precip:long_name = "precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation" ;
		precip:units = "kg/m**2" ;
		precip:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		precip:valid_min = 0.f ;
		precip:valid_max = 200.f ;
	float conv_precip(time, forecast_hours) ;
		conv_precip:long_name = "conv precipitation accumulated between outputs, 3-hr accumulation" ;
		conv_precip:units = "kg/m**2" ;
		conv_precip:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		conv_precip:valid_min = 0.f ;
		conv_precip:valid_max = 200.f ;
	float ground_hflx(time, forecast_hours) ;
		ground_hflx:long_name = "ground heat flux" ;
		ground_hflx:units = "W/m**2" ;
		ground_hflx:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		ground_hflx:valid_min = -1000.f ;
		ground_hflx:valid_max = 1000.f ;
	float u10_wind(time, forecast_hours) ;
		u10_wind:long_name = "model derived 10-meter zonal wind" ;
		u10_wind:units = "m/s" ;
		u10_wind:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		u10_wind:valid_min = -100.f ;
		u10_wind:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float v10_wind(time, forecast_hours) ;
		v10_wind:long_name = "model derived 10-meter meridional wind" ;
		v10_wind:units = "m/s" ;
		v10_wind:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		v10_wind:valid_min = -100.f ;
		v10_wind:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float temp2(time, forecast_hours) ;
		temp2:long_name = "model derived 2-meter temperature" ;
		temp2:units = "K" ;
		temp2:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		temp2:valid_min = 100.f ;
		temp2:valid_max = 350.f ;
	float spec_h2(time, forecast_hours) ;
		spec_h2:long_name = "model derived 2-meter specific humidity" ;
		spec_h2:units = "g/g" ;
		spec_h2:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		spec_h2:valid_min = 0.f ;
		spec_h2:valid_max = 1.f ;
	float pres1(time, forecast_hours) ;
		pres1:long_name = "surface pressure" ;
		pres1:units = "Pa" ;
		pres1:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		pres1:valid_min = 0.f ;
		pres1:valid_max = 120000.f ;
	float temp_max(time, forecast_hours) ;
		temp_max:long_name = "maximum temp between outputs" ;
		temp_max:units = "K" ;
		temp_max:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		temp_max:valid_min = 100.f ;
		temp_max:valid_max = 350.f ;
	float temp_min(time, forecast_hours) ;
		temp_min:long_name = "minimum temp between outputs" ;
		temp_min:units = "K" ;
		temp_min:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		temp_min:valid_min = 100.f ;
		temp_min:valid_max = 350.f ;
	float u_grw(time, forecast_hours) ;
		u_grw:long_name = "zonal stress due to gravity wave drag, 3-hr mean" ;
		u_grw:units = "W/m**2" ;
		u_grw:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		u_grw:valid_min = -10.f ;
		u_grw:valid_max = 10.f ;
	float v_grw(time, forecast_hours) ;
		v_grw:long_name = "meridional stress due to gravity wave drag, 3-hr mean" ;
		v_grw:units = "W/m**2" ;
		v_grw:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		v_grw:valid_min = -10.f ;
		v_grw:valid_max = 10.f ;
	float hpbl(time, forecast_hours) ;
		hpbl:long_name = "model diagnosed planetary boundary layer depth" ;
		hpbl:units = "m" ;
		hpbl:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		hpbl:valid_min = 0.f ;
		hpbl:valid_max = 10000.f ;
	float albedo(time, forecast_hours) ;
		albedo:long_name = "effective model albedo..derived" ;
		albedo:units = "unitless" ;
		albedo:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		albedo:valid_min = 0.f ;
		albedo:valid_max = 1.f ;
	float pbl_a(time, forecast_hours) ;
		pbl_a:long_name = "pbl cloud fraction" ;
		pbl_a:units = "unitless" ;
		pbl_a:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		pbl_a:valid_min = 0.f ;
		pbl_a:valid_max = 100.f ;
	float lat ;
		lat:long_name = "north latitude" ;
		lat:units = "degrees" ;
		lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
		lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
	float lon ;
		lon:long_name = "east longitude" ;
		lon:units = "degrees" ;
		lon:valid_min = -180.f ;
		lon:valid_max = 180.f ;
	float alt ;
		alt:long_name = "altitude" ;
		alt:units = "meters above Mean Sea Level" ;

// global attributes:
		:Date = "Mon Jun 20 19:26:12 2011" ;
		:Acknowledgement = "Fanglin Yang(fanglin.yang@noaa.gov) Hua-Lu Pan(hualu.pan@noaa.gov) Steven K. Krueger(skrueger@met.utah.edu)" ;
		:facility_id = "X1" ;
		:site_id = "External Data" ;
		:data_level = "c1" ;
		:data_description = "NCEP NWP Global Forecast System data reprocessed for comparison with ARM observations and for driving single column models" ;
		:data_description1 = "This file contains the data for flux variables" ;
		:data_resolution = "T382L64, 4-layer new soil model" ;
		:forecast_time_interval = "3 hours" ;
		:forecast_time_interval_comment = "The archived forecast include two runs, initialized at 00Z and 12Z, respectively, and each extends up to 48 hours" ;
		:forecast_time_interval_comment1 = "Each 48-hour forecast is saved at a three-hour interval; therefore there are 17 points from the initialization time to the end of the 48-hour forecast. Outputs are saved as past 3-hour means for fluxes, as accumulations for snow and rainfall, and as instantaneous values for state and tendency variables. Flux variables at the initialization time are set to missing values." ;
		:reference_1 = "GFS Atmospheric Model Homepage: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/moorthi/gam.html" ;
		:reference_2 = "Model Changes Information: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/STATS/html/model_changes.html" ;
		:missing_value = -9999.f ;
		:Version = "$State: xdc-gfs-3.5-0.sol5_10 $" ;
		:IDL_Version = "IDL (sparc / sunos / unix / 6.2)" ;
		:Command_Line = "gfs_ingest -i 20100701" ;
		:zeb_platform = "twpncepgfsdarflxX1.c1" ;
		:input_files = "twpncepgfsdarf00flxX1.00.20100701.000000.raw.asc; twpncepgfsdarf12flxX1.00.20100701.000000.raw.asc; " ;
		:Input_Platforms = "twpncepgfsdarX1.00" ;
		:history = "Created by user dsmgr on machine xact.xdc.arm.gov at Mon Jun 20 19:26:12 2011, using $State: xdc-gfs-3.5-0.sol5_10 $" ;
}