Header of sgpgoes12uthgridX1.c1.20030612.230353 


netcdf sgpgoes12uthgridX1.c1.20030612.230353 {
dimensions:
	line = 45 ;
	sample = 31 ;

variables:
	float gvar_ch3_grd(line, sample) ;
		gvar_ch3_grd:long_name = "GVAR Channel 3- 0.5 grid" ;
		gvar_ch3_grd:units = "K" ;
		gvar_ch3_grd:valid_min = 172.f ;
		gvar_ch3_grd:valid_max = 373.f ;
		gvar_ch3_grd:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float num_obs_ch3(line, sample) ;
		num_obs_ch3:long_name = "Number of Valid Channel 3 Samples in Grid Cell Average" ;
		num_obs_ch3:units = "unitless" ;
		num_obs_ch3:valid_min = 0.f ;
		num_obs_ch3:valid_max = 200.f ;
		num_obs_ch3:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float gvar_ch4_grd(line, sample) ;
		gvar_ch4_grd:long_name = "GVAR Channel 4- 0.5 grid" ;
		gvar_ch4_grd:units = "K" ;
		gvar_ch4_grd:valid_min = 172.f ;
		gvar_ch4_grd:valid_max = 373.f ;
		gvar_ch4_grd:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float num_obs_ch4(line, sample) ;
		num_obs_ch4:long_name = "Number of Valid Channel 4 Samples in Grid Cell Average" ;
		num_obs_ch4:units = "unitless" ;
		num_obs_ch4:valid_min = 0.f ;
		num_obs_ch4:valid_max = 200.f ;
		num_obs_ch4:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float lat(line, sample) ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude- 0.5 grid" ;
		lat:units = "degrees" ;
		lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
		lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
		lat:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float lon(line, sample) ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude- 0.5 grid" ;
		lon:units = "degrees" ;
		lon:valid_min = 0.f ;
		lon:valid_max = -180.f ;
		lon:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float uth_grd(line, sample) ;
		uth_grd:long_name = "Upper Tropospheric Humidity- 0.5 grid" ;
		uth_grd:units = "percent" ;
		uth_grd:valid_min = 0.f ;
		uth_grd:valid_max = 100.f ;
		uth_grd:missing_value = -9999.f ;
	float num_obs_uth(line, sample) ;
		num_obs_uth:long_name = "Number of Valid UTH Samples in Grid Cell Average" ;
		num_obs_uth:units = "unitless" ;
		num_obs_uth:valid_min = 0.f ;
		num_obs_uth:valid_max = 200.f ;
		num_obs_uth:missing_value = -9999.f ;

// global attributes:
		:Date = "Fri Jun 13 00:20:10 2003" ;
		:Command_Line = "sgpgoes_uth sgpgoes12X1.a1.20030612.230353.hdf sgpgoes8irlat-longX1.00.hdf  " ;
		:comment#1 = "missing_value refers to a valid missing value or cloud contamination" ;
		:comment#2 = "Modified fortran code from Brian Soden to derive UTH from the GOES HDF file and the corresponding lat/lon   HDF file.  The data within this hdf file are gridded every 0.5 degree" ;
		:comment#3 = "The num_obs_ch<#> variable refers to the number of non-cloud contaminated and non-missing value data that were used to compute the average value for each grid cell, as an indication of how representative the sample mean is." ;
}