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Robert<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF476557"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org [gradsusr-bounces@gradsusr.org] on behalf of Roberto Mera [RMera@ucsusa.org]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 12, 2014 3:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Problem projecting CMIP5 SST<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Jennifer,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">Basically, what I meant about “falls apart” is that nothing north of -29.5 displays. That’s where latitudes cease being linear.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">I think this is what is relevant from the ncdump.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">netcdf tos_Omon_bcc-csm1-1_historicalGHG_r1i1p1_185001-201212 {</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">dimensions:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time = UNLIMITED ; // (1956 currently)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat = 232 ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon = 360 ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bnds = 2 ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">variables:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; double time(time) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:bounds = &quot;time_bnds&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:units = &quot;days since 1850-01-01&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:calendar = &quot;noleap&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:axis = &quot;T&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:long_name = &quot;time&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; time:standard_name = &quot;time&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; double time_bnds(time, bnds) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; double rlat(rlat) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat:bounds = &quot;rlat_bnds&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat:units = &quot;degrees_north&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat:axis = &quot;Y&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat:long_name = &quot;latitude in rotated pole grid&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlat:standard_name = &quot;grid_latitude&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;double rlat_bnds(rlat, bnds) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; double rlon(rlon) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon:bounds = &quot;rlon_bnds&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon:units = &quot;degrees_east&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon:axis = &quot;X&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon:long_name = &quot;longitude in rotated pole grid&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rlon:standard_name = &quot;grid_longitude&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; double rlon_bnds(rlon, bnds) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; float lat(rlat, rlon) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lat:standard_name = &quot;latitude&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lat:long_name = &quot;latitude coordinate&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lat:units = &quot;degrees_north&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; float lon(rlat, rlon) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lon:standard_name = &quot;longitude&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lon:long_name = &quot;longitude coordinate&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lon:units = &quot;degrees_east&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; float tos(time, rlat, rlon) ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tos:standard_name = &quot;sea_surface_temperature&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:long_name = &quot;Sea Surface Temperature&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:comment = &quot;\&quot;this may differ from \&quot;\&quot;surface temperature\&quot;\&quot; in regions of sea ice.\&quot;&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:units = &quot;K&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:original_name = &quot;SST&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:cell_methods = &quot;time: mean&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:cell_measures = &quot;area: areacello&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:missing_value = 1.e&#43;20f ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:_FillValue = 1.e&#43;20f ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:associated_files = &quot;baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation gridspecFile: gridspec_ocean_fx_bcc-csm1-1_historicalGHG_r0i0p0.nc
 areacello: areacello_fx_bcc-csm1-1_historicalGHG_r0i0p0.nc&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tos:coordinates = &quot;lat lon&quot; ;</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">// global attributes:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :institution = &quot;Beijing Climate Center(BCC),China Meteorological Administration,China&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :institute_id = &quot;BCC&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :experiment_id = &quot;historicalGHG&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :source = &quot;bcc-csm1-1:atmosphere:&nbsp; BCC_AGCM2.1 (T42L26); land: BCC_AVIM1.0;ocean: MOM4_L40 (tripolar, 1 lon x (1-1/3) lat, L40);sea ice: SIS
 (tripolar,1 lon x (1-1/3) lat)&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :model_id = &quot;bcc-csm1-1&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :forcing = &quot;GHG&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :parent_experiment_id = &quot;piControl&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :parent_experiment_rip = &quot;r1i1p1&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :branch_time = 450. ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :contact = &quot;Dr. Tongwen Wu (twwu@cma.gov.cn)&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :history = &quot;Output from monthly mean data 2011-10-20T06:00:30Z CMOR rewrote data to comply with CF standards and CMIP5 requirements.&quot; ;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:#1F497D">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :comment = &quot;Historical simulation but with greenhouse gas forcing only, The model initial state is from the 450-year of pre-industrial control
 simulation. The directions of variables uo and vo are transfered from the native tripolar grid directions to geographical eastward and northward, respectively.&quot; ;</span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jennifer Adams<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 11, 2014 7:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> GrADS Users Forum<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gradsusr] Problem projecting CMIP5 SST</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What exactly do you mean by &quot;the display falls apart&quot;?&nbsp;What is the ncdump output? What does the rest of your descriptor file look like? What version of GrADS are you using? If the grid coordinates (lat and lon) are 1-dimensional, then you
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Andrew Friedman wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Roberto,<br>
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Jennifer Adams has written some scripts which I believe can process such CMIP5 ocean data. See this posting from the listserve:<br>
<a href="http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2013-January/017089.html" target="_blank">http://gradsusr.org/pipermail/gradsusr/2013-January/017089.html</a><br>
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On Feb 11, 2014, at 7:54 AM, Roberto Mera &lt;<a href="mailto:RMera@ucsusa.org" target="_blank">RMera@ucsusa.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The CMIP5 natural GHG run for BCC model (tos_Omon_bcc-csm1-1_historicalGHG_r1i1p1_185001-201212.nc) has very strange coordinates with 232 ydef (latitude) but a linear 1deg longitude. I have tried defining ydef with levels but the display
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<p class="MsoNormal">ydef 232 levels -81.5 -80.5 -79.5 -78.5 -77.5 -76.5 -75.5 -74.5 -73.5 -72.5 -71.5 -70.5 -69.5 -68.5 -67.5 -66.5 -65.5 -64.5 -63.5 -62.5 -61.5 -60.5 -59.5 -58.5 -57.5 -56.5 -55.5 -54.5 -53.5 -52.5 -51.5 -50.5 -49.5 -48.5 -47.5 -46.5 -45.5
 -44.5 -43.5 -42.5 -41.5 -40.5 -39.5 -38.5 -37.5 -36.5 -35.5 -34.5 -33.5 -32.5 -31.5 -30.5 -29.5 -28.500913619995 -27.50820732117 &nbsp;-26.523630142212 -25.552488327026 -24.596292495726 -23.660039901733 -22.744861602783 -21.855302810669 -20.991981506348 -20.158876419067
 -19.355987548828 -18.586631774902 -17.850109100342 -17.149007797241 -16.481884002686 -15.850565910339 -15.252840995789 -14.689778327942 -14.158419609070 -13.659105300903 -13.188179016113 -12.745319366455 -12.326250076294 &nbsp;-11.930083274841 -11.552030563355
 -11.190753936768 -10.841084480286 -10.50137138367 -10.166210174561 -9.8337898254395 -9.4995431900024 -9.1671237945557 -8.8328762054443 -8.5004568099976 -8.1662101745606 -7.8337903022766 -7.4995431900024 -7.1671237945557 -6.8328766822815 -6.5004572868347 -6.1662101745606
 -5.8337907791138 -5.499543666840 -5.1671242713928 &nbsp;-4.8328766822815 -4.5004572868347 -4.1662101745606 -3.8337910175324 -3.499543666840 -3.1671242713928 -2.8328771591187 -2.5004577636719 -2.1662104129791 -1.8337911367416 -1.4995439052582 -1.167124509811 -0.83287727832794
 -0.50045788288117 -0.16621069610120 0.16620869934560 0.50045591592789 0.83287531137466 1.1671224832535 1.4995418787003 1.8337891101837 2.1662085056305 2.5004556179047 2.8328750133514 3.1671223640442 3.4995417594910 3.83378887176514 4.16620826721191 4.50045537948608
 4.83287477493286 5.16712188720703 5.49954128265381 5.83378887176514 6.16620826721191 6.50045537948608 6.83287477493286 7.16712188720703 7.49954128265381 7.83378839492798 8.16620826721191 8.50045490264893 8.8328742980957 9.16712188720703 9.49954128265381 9.83378791809082
 10.1662120819092 10.501368522644 10.8410863876343 11.1907510757446 11.5520324707031 11.9300804138184 12.3262519836426 12.7453165054321 13.1881809234619 13.6591024398804 14.1584215164185 14.6897754669189 15.2528429031372 15.8505630493164 16.4818859100342 17.1490058898926
 17.8501110076904 18.5866279602051 19.3559894561768 20.1588745117188 20.9919834136963 21.8552989959717 22.7448635101318 23.6600379943848 24.5962944030762 &nbsp;25.5524845123291 26.5236320495605 27.5082054138184 28.5009155273438 29.4999961853027 30.5000038146973
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color:black">Jennifer M. Adams<br>
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)<br>
111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3<br>
George Mason University<br>
4400 University Drive<br>
Fairfax, VA 22030&nbsp;</span></p>
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