Appendix A. DNCDUMP Example Output

export PATH=/opt/opendap/DODS-3.5/bin:${PATH}



url=http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-dods/pathfinder/Version5.0_Climatologies/Daily/Day/day001_day.hdf


dncdump -h http://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/nph-dods/pathfinder/Version5.0_Climatologies/Daily/Day/day001_day.hdf


netcdf day001_day {
dimensions:
	Latitude = 4096 ;
	Longitude = 8192 ;
	fakeDim2 = 8192 ;
	fakeDim3 = 4096 ;
variables:
	short Clim_SST(Latitude, Longitude) ;
		Clim_SST:solar_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST:limb_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST:nonlinear_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST:sst_equation = "Pathfinder Version 5.0 NLSST" ;
		Clim_SST:percent_good = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST:scale_factor = 0.075 ;
		Clim_SST:scale_factor_err = 0. ;
		Clim_SST:add_offset = -3. ;
		Clim_SST:add_offset_err = 0. ;
		Clim_SST:calibrated_nt = 23 ;
		Clim_SST:long_name = "Climatological Mean Sea Surface Temperature\n",
			"Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
		Clim_SST:units = "Degrees C\n",
			"Degrees North\n",
			"Degrees East" ;
		Clim_SST:format = "F5.2" ;
		Clim_SST:coordsys = "geographic" ;
		Clim_SST:_FillValue = 0s ;
		Clim_SST:valid_range = 0s, 500s ;
		Clim_SST:C_format = "%5.2f" ;
		Clim_SST:missing_value = 0s ;
		Clim_SST:name = "Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
	short Clim_StandardDeviation(Latitude, Longitude) ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:solar_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:limb_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:nonlinear_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:sst_equation = "Pathfinder Version 5.0 NLSST" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:percent_good = "N/A" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:scale_factor = 0.075 ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:scale_factor_err = 0. ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:add_offset = 0. ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:add_offset_err = 0. ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:calibrated_nt = 23 ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:long_name = "Standard Deviation of Mean\n",
			"Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:units = "Degrees C\n",
			"Degrees North\n",
			"Degrees East" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:format = "F5.2" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:coordsys = "geographic" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:_FillValue = 0s ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:valid_range = 0s, 250s ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:C_format = "%5.2f" ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:missing_value = 0s ;
		Clim_StandardDeviation:name = "Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
	byte Clim_Counts(Latitude, Longitude) ;
		Clim_Counts:solar_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_Counts:limb_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_Counts:nonlinear_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_Counts:sst_equation = "Pathfinder Version 5.0 NLSST" ;
		Clim_Counts:percent_good = "N/A" ;
		Clim_Counts:scale_factor = 1. ;
		Clim_Counts:scale_factor_err = 0. ;
		Clim_Counts:add_offset = 0. ;
		Clim_Counts:add_offset_err = 0. ;
		Clim_Counts:calibrated_nt = 21 ;
		Clim_Counts:long_name = "Number of Observations in Mean\n",
			"Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
		Clim_Counts:units = "Counts\n",
			"Degrees North\n",
			"Degrees East" ;
		Clim_Counts:format = "D3" ;
		Clim_Counts:coordsys = "geographic" ;
		Clim_Counts:_FillValue = 0b ;
		Clim_Counts:valid_range = 0b, -1b ;
		Clim_Counts:C_format = "%3d" ;
		Clim_Counts:missing_value = 0b ;
		Clim_Counts:name = "Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
	double Longitude(fakeDim2) ;
		Longitude:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		Longitude:units = "Degrees East" ;
		Longitude:name_dim_0 = "fakeDim2" ;
	double Latitude(fakeDim3) ;
		Latitude:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		Latitude:units = "Degrees North" ;
		Latitude:name_dim_0 = "fakeDim3" ;
	short Clim_SST_Filled(Latitude, Longitude) ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:solar_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:limb_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:nonlinear_corr = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:sst_equation = "Pathfinder Version 5.0 NLSST" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:percent_good = "N/A" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:scale_factor = 0.075 ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:scale_factor_err = 0. ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:add_offset = -3. ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:add_offset_err = 0. ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:calibrated_nt = 23 ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:long_name = "Climatological Mean Sea Surface Temperature after Gap Filling\n",
			"Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:units = "Degrees C\n",
			"Degrees North\n",
			"Degrees East" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:format = "F5.2" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:coordsys = "geographic" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:_FillValue = 0s ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:valid_range = 0s, 500s ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:C_format = "%5.2f" ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:missing_value = 0s ;
		Clim_SST_Filled:name = "Latitude\n",
			"Longitude" ;

// global attributes:
		:Description = "Daytime-only Daily Climatological Mean SST for Day 001, Standard Deviation, and Counts based on RSMAS/NODC 4 km AVHRR Pathfinder Version 5.0 Sea Surface Temperature Dataset." ;
		:Data Set Contact = "Kenneth S. Casey, NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, Silver Spring MD USA" ;
		:Years Included in Climatology = "1986  1987  1988  1989  1990  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001" ;
		:Time Period Covered = "Day   1" ;
		:satellite = "NOAA-x" ;
		:sensor = "AVHRR" ;
		:pass_date = "N/A" ;
		:start_time = "N/A" ;
		:projection = "geographic" ;
		:gctp_sys = 0. ;
		:gctp_zone = "N/A" ;
		:gctp_parm = 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0. ;
		:gctp_datum = 12. ;
		:et_affine = "N/A" ;
		:rows = 4096. ;
		:cols = 8192. ;
		:origin = "USDOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC and UMiami/RSMAS" ;
		:history = "Clim_SST [MATLAB: makeclim_daily.m], Clim_SST_Filled [MATLAB: makeclim_daily.m;climfiller1_daily.m;climfiller2_daily.m;mat2hdf_daily.m], All [Matlab: fixclim.m]" ;
}