Under construction!
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" ;