table_id: Table 3hr_obs
modeling_realm: atmos

frequency: 3hr

cmor_version: 2.5.0 ! minimum version of CMOR that can read this table
cf_version:   1.4         ! version of CF that output conforms to
project_id:   obs4MIPs   ! CMIP5  ! project id
table_date:   06 January 2011 ! date this table was constructed

missing_value: 1.e20      ! value used to indicate a missing value
                          !   in arrays output by netCDF as 32-bit IEEE 
                          !   floating-point numbers (float or real)

baseURL: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP5/dataLocation 
product: observations

required_global_attributes: creation_date tracking_id model_id contact institute_id ! space separated required global attribute

forcings:   N/A 

expt_id_ok: '10- or 30-year run initialized in year XXXX' 'decadalXXXX'
expt_id_ok: 'volcano-free hindcast initialized in year XXXX' 'noVolcXXXX'
expt_id_ok: 'prediction with 2010 volcano' 'volcIn2010'
expt_id_ok: 'pre-industrial control' 'piControl'
expt_id_ok: 'historical' 'historical'
expt_id_ok: 'historical extension' 'historicalExt'
expt_id_ok: 'mid-Holocene' 'midHolocene'
expt_id_ok: 'last glacial maximum' 'lgm'
expt_id_ok: 'last millennium' 'past1000'
expt_id_ok: 'RCP4.5' 'rcp45'
expt_id_ok: 'RCP8.5' 'rcp85'
expt_id_ok: 'RCP2.6' 'rcp26'
expt_id_ok: 'RCP6' 'rcp60'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM pre-industrial control' 'esmControl'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM historical' 'esmHistorical'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM RCP8.5' 'esmrcp85'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM fixed climate 1' 'esmFixClim1'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM fixed climate 2' 'esmFixClim2'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM feedback 1' 'esmFdbk1'
expt_id_ok: 'ESM feedback 2' 'esmFdbk2'
expt_id_ok: '1 percent per year CO2' '1pctCO2'
expt_id_ok: 'abrupt 4XCO2' 'abrupt4xCO2'
expt_id_ok: 'natural-only' 'historicalNat'
expt_id_ok: 'GHG-only' 'historicalGHG'
expt_id_ok: 'AMIP' 'amip'
expt_id_ok: '2030 time-slice' 'sst2030'
expt_id_ok: 'control SST climatology' 'sstClim'
expt_id_ok: 'CO2 forcing' 'sstClim4xCO2'
expt_id_ok: 'all aerosol forcing' 'sstClimAerosol'
expt_id_ok: 'sulfate aerosol forcing' 'sstClimSulfate'
expt_id_ok: '4xCO2 AMIP' 'amip4xCO2'
expt_id_ok: 'AMIP plus patterned anomaly' 'amipFuture'
expt_id_ok: 'aqua planet control' 'aquaControl'
expt_id_ok: '4xCO2 aqua planet' 'aqua4xCO2'
expt_id_ok: 'aqua planet plus 4K anomaly' 'aqua4K'
expt_id_ok: 'AMIP plus 4K anomaly' 'amip4K'
expt_id_ok: 'Observations' 'obs'

approx_interval:  0.125000     ! approximate spacing between successive time
                          !   samples (in units of the output time 
                          !   coordinate.

!============
axis_entry: longitude
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    longitude
units:            degrees_east
axis:             X             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
long_name:        longitude
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         lon
valid_min:        0.0         
valid_max:        360.0 
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
must_have_bounds: yes
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: latitude
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    latitude
units:            degrees_north
axis:             Y             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
long_name:        latitude
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         lat
valid_min:        -90.0         
valid_max:        90.0 
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
must_have_bounds: yes
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: time
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    time
units:            days since ?
axis:             T             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
long_name:        time
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         time
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
must_have_bounds: yes
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: time1
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    time
units:            days since ?
axis:             T             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
long_name:        time
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         time
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
must_have_bounds: no
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: height2m
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    height
units:            m
axis:             Z             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
positive:         up         ! up or down (default: undeclared)
long_name:        height
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         height
valid_min:        1.0         
valid_max:        10.0 
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
value:            2.            ! of scalar (singleton) dimension 
must_have_bounds: no
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: height10m
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    height
units:            m
axis:             Z             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
positive:         up         ! up or down (default: undeclared)
long_name:        height
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         height
valid_min:        1.0         
valid_max:        30.0 
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
value:            10.            ! of scalar (singleton) dimension 
must_have_bounds: no
!----------------------------------
!


!============
axis_entry: sdepth1 
!============
!----------------------------------
! Axis attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:    depth
units:            m
axis:             Z             ! X, Y, Z, T (default: undeclared)
positive:         down         ! up or down (default: undeclared)
long_name:        depth
!----------------------------------
! Additional axis information:
!----------------------------------
out_name:         depth
valid_min:        0.0         
valid_max:        0.2 
stored_direction: increasing
type:             double
value:            0.05            ! of scalar (singleton) dimension 
bounds_values:    0.0 0.1    ! of scalar (singleton) dimension bounds
must_have_bounds: yes
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    pr
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     precipitation_flux
units:             kg m-2 s-1
cell_methods:      time:mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Precipitation
comment:           at surface; includes both liquid and solid phases.  This is the 3-hour mean precipitation flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          pr
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    tas
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     air_temperature
units:             K
cell_methods:      time: point
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Air Temperature
comment:           This is sampled synoptically.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1 height2m
out_name:          tas
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    hfls
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          hfls
type:              real
positive:          up
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    hfss
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          hfss
type:              real
positive:          up
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rlds
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rlds
type:              real
positive:          down
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rlus
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rlus
type:              real
positive:          up
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rsds
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rsds
type:              real
positive:          down
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rsus
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation
comment:           This is the 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rsus
type:              real
positive:          up
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    uas
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     eastward_wind
units:             m s-1
cell_methods:      time: point
long_name:         Eastward Near-Surface Wind Speed
comment:           This is sampled synoptically.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1 height10m
out_name:          uas
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    vas
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     northward_wind
units:             m s-1
cell_methods:      time: point
long_name:         Northward Near-Surface Wind Speed
comment:           This is sampled synoptically.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1 height10m
out_name:          vas
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    huss
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     specific_humidity
units:             1
cell_methods:      time: point
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Near-Surface Specific Humidity
comment:           This is sampled synoptically.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1 height2m
out_name:          huss
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    mrsos
!============
modeling_realm:    land
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     moisture_content_of_soil_layer
units:             kg m-2
cell_methods:      time: point area: mean where land
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Moisture in Upper Portion of Soil Column
comment:           the mass of water in all phases in a thin surface soil layer.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1 sdepth1
out_name:          mrsos
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    tslsi
!============
modeling_realm:    land
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_temperature
units:             K
cell_methods:      time: point
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:          Surface Temperature Where Land or Sea Ice
comment:           ""skin"" temperature of all surfaces except open ocean, sampled synoptically.  
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1
out_name:          tslsi
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    tso
!============
modeling_realm:    ocean
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     sea_surface_temperature
units:             K
cell_methods:      time: point area: mean where sea
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Sea Surface Temperature
comment:           temperature of surface of open ocean, sampled synoptically.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1
out_name:          tso
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    prc
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     convective_precipitation_flux
units:             kg m-2 s-1
cell_methods:      time:mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Convective Precipitation
comment:           at surface.  This is a 3-hour mean convective precipitation flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          prc
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    prsn
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     snowfall_flux
units:             kg m-2 s-1
cell_methods:      time:mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Snowfall Flux
comment:           at surface.  Includes all forms of precipitating solid phase of water.  This is the 3-hour mean snowfall flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          prsn
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    mrro
!============
modeling_realm:    land
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     runoff_flux
units:             kg m-2 s-1
cell_methods:      time: mean area: mean where land
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Total Runoff
comment:           the total runoff (including ""drainage"" through the base of the soil model) leaving the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell, averaged over the 3-hour interval.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          mrro
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rldscs
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Longwave Radiation
comment:           This is a 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rldscs
type:              real
positive:          down
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rsdscs
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Downwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation
comment:           This is a 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rsdscs
type:              real
positive:          down
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rsuscs
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air_assuming_clear_sky
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Upwelling Clear-Sky Shortwave Radiation
comment:           This is a 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rsuscs
type:              real
positive:          up
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    ps
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_air_pressure
units:             Pa
cell_methods:      time: point
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Pressure
comment:           sampled synoptically to diagnose atmospheric tides, this is better than mean sea level pressure.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time1
out_name:          ps
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    clt
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     cloud_area_fraction
units:             %
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Total Cloud Fraction
comment:           for the whole atmospheric column, as seen from the surface or the top of the atmosphere. Include both large-scale and convective cloud.  This is a 3-hour mean.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          clt
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!

!============
variable_entry:    rsdsdiff
!============
modeling_realm:    atmos
!----------------------------------
! Variable attributes:
!----------------------------------
standard_name:     surface_diffuse_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
units:             W m-2
cell_methods:      time: mean
cell_measures:     area: areacella
long_name:         Surface Diffuse Downwelling Shortwave Radiation
comment:           This is a 3-hour mean flux.
!----------------------------------
! Additional variable information:
!----------------------------------
dimensions:        longitude latitude time
out_name:          rsdsdiff
type:              real
!----------------------------------
!