NetCDF Header

1/20° regional simulation of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean Cold Tongue

netcdf file:///data/1c6320c4-54e0-4713-9f7c-6b0d052ec02f/1995-10-07.nc-fd2fd18e-13aa-4838-9dc7-ffc1f91025b6 {
  dimensions:
    latitude = 320;
    longitude = 1200;
    depth = 269;
    time = 1;
  variables:
    float latitude(latitude=320);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :axis = "Y";
      :_ChunkSizes = 320U; // uint

    float longitude(longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :axis = "X";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1200U; // uint

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

    float theta(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "sea_water_potential_temperature";
      :units = "degC";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float u(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "eastward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float v(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "northward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float w(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "upward_sea_water_velocity";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float salt(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :standard_name = "sea_water_practical_salinity";
      :units = "psu";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float KPP_diffusivity(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :long_name = "KPP diffusivity for temperature";
      :units = "m^2/s^2";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float DFrI_TH(depth=269, latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :units = "degC m^3/s";
      :long_name = "Vertical Diffusive Flux of Pot.Temperature (Implicit part)";
      :_ChunkSizes = 90U, 107U, 400U; // uint

    float oceQnet(latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :description = "(+=down), >0 increases theta";
      :units = "W/m^2 ";
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "net surface heat flux into the ocean";
      :_ChunkSizes = 320U, 1200U; // uint

    float oceQsw(latitude=320, longitude=1200);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :long_name = "net short wave radiation into the ocean";
      :units = "W/m^2";
      :description = "(+=down), >0 increases theta";
      :_ChunkSizes = 320U, 1200U; // uint

    float time(time=1);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :axis = "T";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Time";
      :description = "Time in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)";
      :units = "hours since 1950-01-01";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U; // 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 = "Daily averaged fields from tropical Pacific cold tongue regional model simulation";
}