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Turbulence in simulated Tropical Instability Wave

netcdf file:///data/371f901b-6750-40b5-9f3e-d0ce771bdc34/File_0336.nc-60488150-f3a1-4154-9d8b-10030fe3fc1b {
  dimensions:
    latitude = 400;
    longitude = 3;
    time = 1;
    depth = 269;
  variables:
    float latitude(latitude=400);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";
      :_ChunkSizes = 400U; // uint

    float longitude(longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :axis = "X";
      :_ChunkSizes = 3U; // uint

    float time(time=1);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Time";
      :units = "hours since 1950-01-01";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U; // uint

    float KPPhbl(time=1, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "KPP boundary layer depth";
      :units = "m";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float KPPbo(time=1, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "Surface turbulence buoyancy forcing";
      :units = "m^2/s^3";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float depth(depth=269);
      :positive = "up";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :units = "m";
      :_ChunkSizes = 269U; // uint

    float KPPviscA(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "KPP vertical eddy viscosity coefficient";
      :units = "m^2/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float KPPdiffT(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "KPP Vertical diffusion coefficient for heat";
      :units = "m^2/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float KPPRi(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "KPP bulk Richardson number";
      :units = "1";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float KPPg_TH(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "KPP non-local flux of potential temperature";
      :units = "degC m^3/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float theta(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "sea_water_potential_temperature";
      :units = "degC";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float u(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "eastward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float v(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "northward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float w(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :standard_name = "upward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float salt(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "sea_water_practical_salinity";
      :units = "psu";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float DFrI_TH(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :units = "degC m^3/s";
      :long_name = "Vertical Diffusive Flux of Pot.Temperature (Implicit part)";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float VISrI_Um(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "Vertical   Viscous Flux of U momentum (Implicit part)";
      :units = "m^4/s^2";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float VISrI_Vm(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :long_name = "Vertical   Viscous Flux of U momentum (Implicit part)";
      :units = "m^4/s^2";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float Um_Diss(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "U momentum tendency from Dissipation";
      :units = "m/s^2";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float Vm_Diss(time=1, depth=269, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :units = "m/s^2";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "V momentum tendency from Dissipation";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 269U, 400U, 3U; // uint

    float ETAN(time=1, latitude=400, longitude=3);
      :units = "m";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "sea_surface_height";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 400U, 3U; // uint

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6";
  :institution = "National Center for Atmospheric Research";
  :source = "MIT General Circulation Model (MITgcm) checkpoint 64v";
  :references = "Cherian et al. (2021) Off-equatorial deep-cycle turbulence forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the equatorial Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography.";
  :title = "Hourly averaged fields from tropical Pacific cold tongue regional model simulation";
}