Appendix B

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Structure of the netCDF data files used in HydroBase 2

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netcdf 7208.clim.final.fit {
dimensions:

lat = 10 ;
lon = 10 ;
de = 79 ;
time = 1 ;

variables:

float de(de) ;

de:units = "meters" ;
de:long_name = "DEPTH (M)" ;
de:generic_name = "depth" ;
de:epic_code = 3s ;

int minyear(time) ;

minyear:units = "years" ;

int maxyear(time) ;

maxyear:units = "years" ;

float bottom(time, lat, lon) ;

bottom:units = "meters" ;
bottom:long_name = "Bottom Depth" ;
bottom:epic_code = 0s ;

float pr(time, lat, lon, de) ;

pr:units = "dbars" ;
pr:_FillValue = -9.e+34f ;
pr:long_name = "pressure" ;

float te(time, lat, lon, de) ;

te:units = "degrees C" ;
te:_FillValue = -9.e+34f ;
te:long_name = "in situ temperature" ;

float sa(time, lat, lon, de) ;

sa:units = "psu" ;
sa:_FillValue = -9.e+34f ;
sa:long_name = "salinity" ;

short pr_cnt(time, lat, lon, de) ;

pr_cnt:_FillValue = 0s ;

short te_cnt(time, lat, lon, de) ;

te_cnt:_FillValue = 0s ;

short sa_cnt(time, lat, lon, de) ;

sa_cnt:_FillValue = 0s ;

short de_cnt(time, lat, lon, de) ;

de_cnt:_FillValue = 0s ;

// global attributes:

:latmin = 20.f ;
:latmax = 30.f ;
:latincr = 1.f ;
:lonmin = -90.f ;
:lonmax = -80.f ;
:lonincr = 1.f ;
:node_offset = 1 ;
:nprops = 3 ;
:counts_included = 1 ;
:title = "HydroBase" ;
:command = "hb_fit3d 7108 7207 7208 7209 7308 -D//d5/ruth/HB2/cdf -E.clim.final.cdf -B-90.000/-80.000/20.000/30.000 -I1.0 -O/d5/ruth/HB2/cdf/7208.clim.final.fit.cdf -W/d6/ruth/HB2/bath/topo.onetenthdeg.dat -U.1 -S2 -T0.5 -Ppr/te/sa" ;
:compliance = "HydroBase PMEL/EPIC WHOI/OARS" ;

data:
 

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