<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear GrADS user group,</div><div><br></div><div>Can someone help me create a control file for CMIP5 CCSM4 sea ice? I understand that I have to make a PDEF declaration but for the life of me I don't know how. I saw a promising post from 1/4/13 from Jennifer Adams titled "CMIP5 and GrADS" but no follow-up. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div>Joyce</div><div><br></div><div>netcdf sic_OImon_CCSM4_historical_r1i1p1_185001-200512 {</div><div>dimensions:</div><div> time = UNLIMITED ; // (1872 currently)</div><div> j = 384 ;</div><div> i = 320 ;</div><div> bnds = 2 ;</div><div> vertices = 4 ;</div><div>variables:</div><div> double time(time) ;</div><div> time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;</div><div> time:units = "days since 0000-01-01 00:00:00" ;</div><div> time:calendar = "noleap" ;</div><div> time:axis = "T" ;</div><div> time:long_name = "time" ;</div><div> time:standard_name = "time" ;</div><div> double time_bnds(time, bnds) ;</div><div> int j(j) ;</div><div> j:units = "1" ;</div><div> j:long_name = "cell index along second dimension" ;</div><div> int i(i) ;</div><div> i:units = "1" ;</div><div> i:long_name = "cell index along first dimension" ;</div><div> float lat(j, i) ;</div><div> lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;</div><div> lat:long_name = "latitude coordinate" ;</div><div> lat:units = "degrees_north" ;</div><div> lat:bounds = "lat_vertices" ;</div><div> float lon(j, i) ;</div><div> lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;</div><div> lon:long_name = "longitude coordinate" ;</div><div> lon:units = "degrees_east" ;</div><div> lon:bounds = "lon_vertices" ;</div><div> float lat_vertices(j, i, vertices) ;</div><div> lat_vertices:units = "degrees_north" ;</div><div> float lon_vertices(j, i, vertices) ;</div><div> lon_vertices:units = "degrees_east" ;</div><div> float sic(time, j, i) ;</div><div> sic:standard_name = "sea_ice_area_fraction" ;</div><div> sic:long_name = "Sea Ice Area Fraction" ;</div><div> sic:comment = "aice, CMIP5_table_comment: fraction of grid cell covered by sea ice." ;</div><div> sic:units = "%" ;</div><div> sic:original_name = "aice" ;</div><div> sic:cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 30 days)" ;</div><div> sic:cell_measures = "area: areacello" ;</div><div> sic:history = "2011-10-31T14:37:55Z altered by CMOR: replaced missing value flag (1e+30) with standard missing value (1e+20)." ;</div><div> sic:missing_value = 1.e+20f ;</div><div> sic:_FillValue = 1.e+20f ;</div><div> sic:associated_files = "baseURL: <a href="http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation">http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation</a> gridspecFile: gridspec_seaIce_fx_CCSM4_historical_r0i0p0.nc areacello: a</div><div>reacello_fx_CCSM4_historical_r0i0p0.nc" ;</div><div> sic:coordinates = "lat lon" ;</div><div><br></div><div>// global attributes:</div><div> :institution = "NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) Boulder, CO, USA" ;</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div>.</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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