Century Monthly Weather Data in a netCDF File


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The netCDF file structure should be as follows:

dimensions:
        lon = 720 ;
        lat = 360 ;
        time = UNLIMITED ;
variables:
        float lon(lon) ;
                lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
                lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
                lon:valid_min = -180.f ;
                lon:valid_max = 180.f ;
        float lat(lat) ;
                lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
                lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
                lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
                lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
        int time(time) ;
                time:long_name = "time" ;
                time:units = "months since 1901-01-01 00:00:00" ;
                time:calendar = "standard" ;
                time:time_origin = "1901-01-01 00:00:00" ;
        float pre(time, lat, lon) ;
                pre:long_name = "Precipitation" ;
                pre:missing_value = -9999.f ;
                pre:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
                pre:units = "mm" ;
        float tmn(time, lat, lon) ;
                tmn:long_name = "Minimum temperature" ;
                tmn:missing_value = -9999.f ;
                tmn:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
                tmn:units = "C" ;
        float tmx(time, lat, lon) ;
                tmx:long_name = "Maximum temperature" ;
                tmx:missing_value = -9999.f ;
                tmx:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
                tmx:units = "C" ; 

Useful global attributes include the following:

                :title = "Data name" ;
                :institution = "your-institution" ;
                :contact = "Who to contact with questions about the data." ;
                :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
                :creator = "Data Manager Name <data-manager-email-address>" ;
                :date = "2011-01-18" ;
                :comment = "URL: data-web-page-address" ; 

See Also

Weather Data