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Data headers for 'CQMKsaMERabs550111v1'
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Generation date
2015-02-07
Method
ncdump -h
Header
netcdf CQMKsaMERabs550111v1_1_2829951876790964339 {
dimensions:
time = UNLIMITED ; // (360 currently)
lat = 96 ;
lon = 192 ;
bnds = 2 ;
variables:
double time(time) ;
time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
time:units = "days since 0001-01-01 00:00:00" ;
time:calendar = "noleap" ;
time:axis = "T" ;
time:long_name = "time" ;
time:standard_name = "time" ;
double time_bnds(time, bnds) ;
double lat(lat) ;
lat:bounds = "lat_bnds" ;
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
lat:axis = "Y" ;
lat:long_name = "latitude" ;
lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
double lat_bnds(lat, bnds) ;
double lon(lon) ;
lon:bounds = "lon_bnds" ;
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
lon:axis = "X" ;
lon:long_name = "longitude" ;
lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
double lon_bnds(lon, bnds) ;
float abs550aer(time, lat, lon) ;
abs550aer:standard_name = "atmosphere_absorption_optical_thickness_due_to_ambient_aerosol" ;
abs550aer:long_name = "Ambient Aerosol Absorption Optical Thickness at 550 nm" ;
abs550aer:units = "1" ;
abs550aer:original_name = "tab" ;
abs550aer:comment = "The raw model output has been divided by the fraction of time each pixel is in sun light. This is necessary because the calculation of optical depth is only performed at sunlit points in the model, and zero is returned at non-sunlit points. If the fraction of time in sun light is less than 0.1 in that month, the missing value is assigned" ;
abs550aer:cell_methods = "time: mean" ;
abs550aer:cell_measures = "area: areacella" ;
abs550aer:history = "2011-07-03T00:39:51Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing value flag (-7.77778e+06) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ;
abs550aer:missing_value = 1.e+20f ;
abs550aer:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ;
abs550aer:associated_files = "baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_aerosol_fx_CSIRO-Mk3-6-0_sstClimAerosol_r0i0p0.nc areacella: areacella_fx_CSIRO-Mk3-6-0_sstClimAerosol_r0i0p0.nc" ;

// global attributes:
:institution = "Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) Marine and Atmospheric Research (Melbourne, Australia) in collaboration with the Queensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence (QCCCE) (Brisbane, Australia)" ;
:institute_id = "CSIRO-QCCCE" ;
:experiment_id = "sstClimAerosol" ;
:source = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 2010 atmosphere: AGCM v7.3.7 (T63 spectral, 1.875 degrees EW x approx. 1.875 degrees NS, 18 levels); ocean: GFDL MOM2.2 (1.875 degrees EW x approx. 0.9375 degrees NS, 31 levels)" ;
:model_id = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0" ;
:forcing = "N/A (all forcings fixed at pre-industrial levels except anthropogenic aerosols, including the indirect effect of aerosols on snow albedo, which are fixed at 2000 levels)" ;
:parent_experiment_id = "piControl" ;
:parent_experiment_rip = "r1i1p1" ;
:branch_time = 37595. ;
:contact = "Project leaders: Stephen Jeffrey (
 Stephen.Jeffrey@nullqld.gov.au
) & Leon Rotstayn (
 Leon.Rotstayn@nullcsiro.au
). Project team: Mark Collier (
 Mark.Collier@nullcsiro.au
: diagnostics & post-processing), Stacey Dravitzki (
 Stacey.Dravitzki@nullcsiro.au
: post-processing), Carlo Hamalainen (
 Carlo.Hamalainen@nullqld.gov.au
: post-processing), Steve Jeffrey (
 Stephen.Jeffrey@nullqld.gov.au
: modeling & post-processing), Chris Moeseneder (
 Chris.Moeseneder@nullcsiro.au
: post-processing), Leon Rotstayn (
 Leon.Rotstayn@nullcsiro.au
: modeling & atmos. physics), Jozef Syktus (
 Jozef.Syktus@nullqld.gov.au
: model evaluation), Kenneth Wong (
 Kenneth.Wong@nullqld.gov.au
: data management), Contributors: Martin Dix (
 Martin.Dix@nullcsiro.au
: tech. support), Hal Gordon (
 Hal.Gordon@nullcsiro.au
: atmos. dynamics), Eva Kowalczyk (
 Eva.Kowalczyk@nullcsiro.au
: land-surface), Siobhan O\'Farrell (
 Siobhan.OFarrell@nullcsiro.au
: ocean & sea-ice)" ;
:comment = "Model output post-processed by the CSIRO-QCCCE CMIP5 Data post-processor for the IPCC Fifth Assessment." ;
:references = "a) Rotstayn, L., Collier, M., Dix, M., Feng, Y., Gordon, H., O\\\'Farrell, S., Smith, I. and Syktus, J. 2010. Improved simulation of Australian climate and ENSO-related climate variability in a GCM with an interactive aerosol treatment. Int. J. Climatology, vol 30(7), pp1067-1088, DOI 10.1002/joc.1952 b) Please refer to online documentation at: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/" ;
:initialization_method = 1 ;
:physics_version = 1 ;
:tracking_id = "84d53798-c504-4f8a-8da1-dbc0910dda1a" ;
:version_number = "v20110518" ;
:product = "output" ;
:experiment = "all aerosol forcing" ;
:frequency = "mon" ;
:creation_date = "2011-07-03T00:39:51Z" ;
:history = "AGCM experiment with SSTs and sea ice taken from Expt 3.1 climatology, years 0111 - 0210. 2011-07-03T00:39:51Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CMIP5 requirements." ;
:Conventions = "CF-1.4" ;
:project_id = "CMIP5" ;
:table_id = "Table aero (27 April 2011) 515efb11350437308d37d5ae80d7523f" ;
:title = "CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 model output prepared for CMIP5 all aerosol forcing" ;
:parent_experiment = "pre-industrial control" ;
:modeling_realm = "aerosol" ;
:realization = 1 ;
:cmor_version = "2.6.0" ;
}