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WRF-Solar AOD550 & Clear-Sky Irradiance Forecasts & Verifying Observations over CONUS

netcdf file:///data/7a967c0d-adb0-4902-9b0c-b496ab28a974/wrf_aeronet_aod550_by_cycle_20191119-20200730.nc-20220802-194809Z-d599257a-d329-4249-8dea-5888075a7203 {
  dimensions:
    sites = 179;
    cycles = 255;
    exps = 4;
    lead_times = 180;
  variables:
    String sites(sites=179);

    double aod550_obs(cycles=255, lead_times=180, sites=179);
      :_FillValue = NaN; // double
      :description = "AERONET aerosol optical depth at 550 nm";

    double aod550_wrf(exps=4, cycles=255, lead_times=180, sites=179);
      :_FillValue = NaN; // double
      :description = "WRF aerosol optical depth at 550 nm at AERONET sites";

    float latitudes(sites=179);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :description = "AERONET site latitudes (deg N)";

    float longitudes(sites=179);
      :_FillValue = NaNf; // float
      :description = "AERONET site longitudes (deg E)";

    String cycle_dt(cycles=255);
      :description = "WRF cycle start date/time [UTC]";

    String valid_dt(cycles=255, lead_times=180);
      :description = "Valid times [UTC]";

    String exp_ids(exps=4);
      :description = "WRF experiment IDs";

    long lead_times(lead_times=180);
      :description = "WRF lead times (minutes)";

  // global attributes:
  :description = "Interpolated AERONET & WRF AOD550 observations";
}