Attributes {
    forecast {
        String units "h";
        String long_name "forcast hour";
        String standard_name "forecast_period";
    }
    lat {
        String units "degrees_north";
        String long_name "latitude";
        String standard_name "latitude";
        String NCEP_name "lat";
    }
    lon {
        String units "degrees_east";
        String long_name "longitude";
        String standard_name "longitude";
        String NCEP_name "lon";
    }
    vcoord1 {
        String long_name "sigma at layer interfaces";
        String NCEP_name "sigi";
        String positive "down";
    }
    vcoord {
        String long_name "sigma at layer midpoints";
        String standard_name "atmosphere_sigma_coordinate";
        String NCEP_name "sigl";
        String positive "down";
        String formula_terms "sigma: vcoord ps: PS ptop: ptop";
    }
    height_10m {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "height above the surface";
        String standard_name "height";
    }
    height_2m {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "height above the surface";
        String standard_name "height";
    }
    cloud_height {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "cloud height";
        String positive "down";
        String bounds "cld_bnds";
    }
    cld_bnds {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "cloud bounds";
    }
    soil_depth1 {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "depth of soil layers";
        String standard_name "depth";
        String positive "down";
        String bounds "soil1_bnds";
    }
    soil1_bnds {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "soil bounds for temperature";
    }
    soil_depth2 {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "depth of soil layers";
        String standard_name "depth";
        String bounds "soil2_bnds";
    }
    soil2_bnds {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "soil bounds for moisture";
    }
    time {
        String units "minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
        String standard_name "time";
        String bounds "time_bnds";
    }
    time_bnds {
        String units "minutes since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
        String long_name "time bounds";
    }
    ptop {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "model top pressure";
    }
    AHFLD_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "Surface ground heat flux";
        String standard_name "upward_heat_flux_at_ground_level_in_soil";
        String NCEP_name "gflx";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ALB {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "effective surface albedo";
        String standard_name "surface_albedo";
        String NCEP_name "albedo";
        String comments "instantenous midday surface albedo at highest sun angle";
    }
    ALB1 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the diffuse visible";
        String NCEP_name "albedo1";
    }
    ALB2 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the direct beam visible";
        String NCEP_name "albedo2";
    }
    ALB3 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the diffuse near-IR visible";
        String NCEP_name "albedo3";
    }
    ALB4 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "parameter used in radiation physics to calculate the surface albedo for the direct beam near-IR visible";
        String NCEP_name "albedo4";
    }
    ALHFL_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "surface latent heat flux";
        String standard_name "surface_upward_latent_heat_flux";
        String NCEP_name "lhf";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ASHFL_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "surface sensible heat flux";
        String standard_name "surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux";
        String NCEP_name "shf";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ASODW_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "surface downward shortwave radiation";
        String standard_name "surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air";
        String NCEP_name "dsws";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ASOUP_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "surface upward shortwave radiation";
        String standard_name "surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air";
        String NCEP_name "usws";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ASOUP_T {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "upward short wave flux at toa ";
        String standard_name "toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux";
        String NCEP_name "uswt";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ATHDW_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "surface downward long wave radiation  ";
        String standard_name "surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air";
        String NCEP_name "dlws";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ATHUP_S {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "upward long wave flux at surface ";
        String standard_name "surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air";
        String NCEP_name "ulws";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    ATHUP_T {
        String units "W m-2";
        String long_name "TOA outgoing longwave radiation";
        String standard_name "toa_outgoing_longwave_flux";
        String NCEP_name "ulwt";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    AUGRW_S {
        String units "Pa";
        String long_name "zonal stress due to gravity wave drag ";
        String standard_name "atmosphere_eastward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag";
        String NCEP_name "ugrw";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    AUMFL_S {
        String units "Pa";
        String long_name "eastward stress";
        String standard_name "surface_downward_eastward_stress";
        String NCEP_name "ustress";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    AVGRW_S {
        String units "Pa";
        String long_name "meridional stress due to gravity wave drag ";
        String standard_name "atmosphere_northward_stress_due_to_gravity_wave_drag";
        String NCEP_name "vgrw";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    AVMFL_S {
        String units "Pa";
        String long_name "northward stress";
        String standard_name "surface_downward_northward_stress";
        String NCEP_name "vstress";
        String cell_methods "time: mean";
    }
    CLC {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "high, medium and low cloud cover";
        String standard_name "cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer";
        String NCEP_name "cldh, cldm, cldl, cldpbl";
        String cell_methods "cloud_height: sum (assuming maximum random overlap)";
        String comments "pbl-clouds are included in the lowest present cloud layer";
        Float32 _FillValue -1.00000002e+20;
    }
    CLC_m {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "cloud area fraction";
        String standard_name "cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer";
        String NCEP_name "cld";
    }
    CLCT {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "total cloud cover";
        String standard_name "cloud_area_fraction";
        String comments "derived from CLC_m (assuming maximum random overlap)";
    }
    DPSDT {
        String units "Pa s-1              ";
        String long_name "surface pressure change";
        String standard_name "rate_of_change_of_surface_air_pressure";
        String NCEP_name "dpsdt";
    }
    DQVDT_ADV {
        String units "kg kg-1 s-1";
        String long_name "dqdt advection";
        String standard_name "tendency_of_specific_humidity_due_to_advection";
        String NCEP_name "dqdt_adv";
    }
    DQWDT_ADV {
        String units "s-1";
        String standard_name "tendency_of_mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air_due_to_advection";
        String NCEP_name "dqwdt_adv";
    }
    DTDT_ADV {
        String units "K s-1";
        String long_name "dtdt advection";
        String standard_name "tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_advection";
        String NCEP_name "dtdt_adv";
    }
    DZ_PBL {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "height of the planetary boundary layer";
        String standard_name "atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness";
        String NCEP_name "hpbl";
        String positive "up";
    }
    ELEV {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "Elevation of model terrain";
        String standard_name "altitude";
        String NCEP_name "zsfc";
    }
    F10M {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "ratio of 10-meter wind speed to lowest sigma layer windspeed";
        String NCEP_name "f10m";
    }
    FR_ICE {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "sea ice presence flag";
        String standard_name "sea_ice_area_fraction";
        String flag_values "0, 1";
        String flag_meanings "unfrozen_sea_or_land_mass sea_ice";
    }
    FR_LAND {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "land-sea fraction";
        String standard_name "land_area_fraction";
        String NCEP_name "lsmask";
        String flag_values "0, 1";
        String flag_meanings "sea land";
    }
    FR_LAND_SEA_ICE {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "flag of surface cover";
        String standard_name "surface_cover";
        String NCEP_name "slimsk";
        String comments "landmass flag is constant";
        String flag_values "0, 1, 2";
        String flag_meanings "unfrozen_sea land seaice";
    }
    FR_QWQI {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "cloud water/ice concentration ";
        String standard_name "mass_fraction_of_cloud_condensed_water_in_air";
        String NCEP_name "cld_wi";
    }
    FR_VEG {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "vegetation area fraction";
        String standard_name "vegetation_area_fraction";
        String NCEP_name "vegfrac";
        String comments "Fractional cover of vegetation that is photosynthetically active (green vegetation, rather than total of green and dormant vegetation)";
    }
    FR_VEG1 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "vegfraction type 1 used in radiation surface albedo";
        String standard_name "vegetation_area_fraction";
        String NCEP_name "vegfrac1";
        String comments "used in radiation physics: fraction of vegetation cover whose surface albedo has strong solar zenith angle dependency";
    }
    FR_VEG2 {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "vegfraction type 2 used in radiation surface albedo";
        String standard_name "vegetation_area_fraction";
        String NCEP_name "vegfrac2";
        String comments "used in radiation physics:fraction of vegetation cover whose surface albedo has weak solar zenith angle dependency";
    }
    HC_SO {
        String units "m s-1 ";
        String long_name "Saturation hydraulic conductivity  ";
        String standard_name "soil_hydraulic_conductivity_at_saturation";
        String NCEP_name "Satkt";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    OMEGA {
        String units "Pa s-1";
        String long_name "omega";
        String standard_name "lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure";
        String NCEP_name "omega";
    }
    P {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "pressure";
        String standard_name "air_pressure";
        String NCEP_name "p";
    }
    POR {
        String units "m3 m-3 ";
        String long_name "Soil porosity   ";
        String standard_name "soil_porosity";
        String NCEP_name "Tsat";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    PREC_CON {
        String units "kg m-2";
        String long_name "convective precipitation";
        String standard_name "convective_precipitation_amount";
        String NCEP_name "cnvprc";
        String cell_methods "time: sum";
    }
    PS {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "surface pressure";
        String standard_name "surface_air_pressure";
        String NCEP_name "psfc";
    }
    PS_flx {
        String units "hPa";
        String long_name "surface pressure";
        String standard_name "surface_air_pressure";
        String NCEP_name "psfc_flx";
    }
    QV {
        String units "kg kg-1";
        String long_name "specific humidity";
        String standard_name "specific_humidity";
        String NCEP_name "q";
    }
    QV_2M {
        String units "kg kg-1";
        String long_name "2m specific humidity";
        String standard_name "specific_humidity";
        String NCEP_name "q2";
    }
    RGL {
        String units "W m-2 ";
        String long_name "Parameter in solar radiation stress factor in canopy conductance   ";
        String NCEP_name "Rgl";
        String comments "value of variable depends on veg_type";
    }
    RS_MAX {
        String units "s m-1 ";
        String long_name "Maximum stomatal resistance  ";
        String standard_name "stomatal_resistance";
        String NCEP_name "Rsmax";
        String comments "value of variable depends on veg_type";
    }
    RS_MIN {
        String units "s m-1 ";
        String long_name "Minimum stomatal resistance  ";
        String standard_name "stomatal_resistance";
        String NCEP_name "Rsmin";
        String comments "value of variable depends on veg_type";
    }
    SOIL_TYPE {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "soil type";
        String standard_name "soil_type";
        String NCEP_name "soiltype";
        String flag_values "0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9";
        String flag_meanings "sea_point loamy_sand_(coarse) silty_clay_loam_(medium) light_clay_(fine) sandy_loam_(coarse-medium) sandy_clay_(coarse-fine) clay_loam_(medium-fine) sandy_clay_loam_(coarse-med-fine) loam_(organic) ice_(use_loamy_sand_property)";
    }
    SRP_SO {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "Soil retention curve parameter";
        String NCEP_name "B";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    SS_SO {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "Saturation soil suction";
        String standard_name "soil_suction_at_saturation";
        String NCEP_name "Satpsi";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    T {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "temperature";
        String standard_name "air_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "t";
    }
    T_2M {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "2m temperature";
        String standard_name "air_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "t2";
    }
    T_G {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "surface temperature";
        String standard_name "surface_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "tsfc";
    }
    T_SO {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "soil temperature";
        String standard_name "soil_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "soilt1, soilt2, soilt3";
        String comments "Temporally fixed lower boundary condition of soil temperature (applied at 3 meters below surface): nominally equivalent to annual mean surface air temperature.";
    }
    TMAX_2M {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "2m maximum temperature";
        String standard_name "air_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "tmax";
        String cell_methods "time: maximum";
    }
    TMIN_2M {
        String units "K";
        String long_name "2m minimum temperature";
        String standard_name "air_temperature";
        String NCEP_name "tmin";
        String cell_methods "time: minimum";
    }
    TOT_PREC {
        String units "kg m-2";
        String long_name "total precipitation amount";
        String standard_name "precipitation_amount";
        String NCEP_name "precip";
        String cell_methods "time: sum";
    }
    U {
        String units "m s-1";
        String long_name "U-component of wind";
        String standard_name "eastward_wind";
        String NCEP_name "u";
    }
    U_10M {
        String units "m s-1";
        String long_name "U-component of 10m wind";
        String standard_name "eastward_wind";
        String NCEP_name "u10";
    }
    V {
        String units "m s-1";
        String long_name "V-component of wind";
        String standard_name "northward_wind";
        String NCEP_name "v";
    }
    V_10M {
        String units "m s-1";
        String long_name "V-component of 10m wind";
        String standard_name "northward_wind";
        String NCEP_name "v10";
    }
    VEG_TYPE {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "vegetation type";
        String standard_name "surface_cover";
        String NCEP_name "vegtype";
        String flag_values "0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13";
        String flag_meanings "sea_point broadleaf-evergreen_trees_(tropical_forest) broadleaf-decidous_trees broadleaf_&_needle_leaf_trees_(mixed_forest) needleleaf-evergreen_trees needleleaf-deciduous_trees_(larch) broadleaf_trees_w/groundcover_(savana) groundcover_only_(perenial) broadleaf_shrub_w/perenial_groundcover broadleaf_shrub_w/bare_soil dwarf_tree_&_shrub_w/ground_cover_(tundra) bare_soil cultivations_(use_type_7) glacial";
    }
    W_I {
        String units "kg m-2";
        String long_name "canopy water amount";
        String standard_name "canopy_water_amount";
        String NCEP_name "canopy";
    }
    W_SNOW {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "surface snow amount";
        String standard_name "lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount";
        String NCEP_name "snow";
    }
    W_SO {
        String units "1";
        String long_name "volumetric total soil water content";
        String standard_name "volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil";
        String NCEP_name "soilm1, soilm2";
        String cell_methods "soil_depth2: mean";
    }
    W_WILT {
        String units "m3 m-3 ";
        String long_name "Wilting point  ";
        String standard_name "volume_fraction_of_water_in_soil_at_wilting_point";
        String NCEP_name "Smwlt";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    WT_DE {
        String units "m3 m-3 ";
        String long_name "soil moisture threshold for cessation of direct soil evaporation   ";
        String NCEP_name "Smdry";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    WT_TS {
        String units "m3 m-3 ";
        String long_name "soil moisture threshold for transpiration stress onset   ";
        String NCEP_name "Smref";
        String comments "value of variable depends on soil_type";
    }
    Z0 {
        String units "m";
        String long_name "surface roughness length";
        String standard_name "surface_roughness_length";
        String NCEP_name "z0";
    }
    NC_GLOBAL {
        String Conventions "CF-1.0";
        String conventionsURL "http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/conventions.html";
        String institution "NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)";
        String source "NCEP Global Data Assimilation and Forecast Model T254L64";
        String History "download of data from CERA: Mon Nov 13 13:30:12 CET 2006 
     transformation to netCDF: Mon Nov 13 16:09:21 CET 2006";
        String Location "Lindenberg; Coordinates of RefSite: 52.17N 14.12E 73m";
    }
    DODS_EXTRA {
        String Unlimited_Dimension "time";
    }
}