netcdf bioclimdata/biome/wna30sec_cru_CRU_TS_2.10_30-year_mean.ncml {
  dimensions:
    lat = 2400;
    lon = 4029;
    time = 71;
  variables:
    double lat(lat=2400);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :name = "lat";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :valid_min = 38.0; // double
      :valid_max = 57.99166666666667; // double
      :coordinate_defines = "grid-cell center";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Lat";
      :_ChunkSizes = 100U; // uint

    double lon(lon=4029);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :name = "lon";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :axis = "X";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :valid_min = -136.56666666666666; // double
      :valid_max = -103.0; // double
      :coordinate_defines = "grid-cell center";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Lon";
      :_ChunkSizes = 100U; // uint

    int biome(time=71, lat=2400, lon=4029);
      :long_name = "biome";
      :name = "biome";
      :units = "1";
      :missing_value = -9999; // int
      :_FillValue = -9999; // int
      :comment = "Biome code: 1=alpine grass/shrub, 2=cold forest, 3=cool forest, 4=maritime cool forest, 5=cold open forest/woodland, 6=cool open forest/woodland, 7=cool open forest woodland with broadleaf evergreen plant functional type (PFT), 8=savanna/grassland/steppe, 9=shrub-steppe, 10=xeric shrub, 11=barren, 12=unclassified";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 100U, 100U; // uint
      :actual_range = 0.0f, 12.0f; // float

    double time(time=71);
      :long_name = "time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1900-01-01";
      :axis = "T";
      :calendar = "Gregorian";
      :_CoordinateAxisType = "Time";
      :_ChunkSizes = 71U; // uint

    float elev(lat=2400, lon=4029);
      :long_name = "elevation";
      :name = "elev";
      :units = "m";
      :missing_value = -9999.0f; // float
      :_FillValue = -9999.0f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :anomaly_base_period = "1961-1990 30-year mean";
  :base_period_climate_data = "CRU CL 2.0 (New et al. 2002); CRU TS 2.1 (Mitchell and Jones 2005)";
  :grid_spacing = "30 arc-second";
  :projection = "geographic";
  :citation = "Shafer et al., in review, PLOS ONE; Shafer and Bartlein, in review, U.S. Geological Survey Data Set, doi:[TBD]";
  :institution = "U.S. Geological Survey; Univ. of Oregon";
  :contact = "Sarah L. Shafer (sshafer@usgs.gov), U.S. Geological Survey; Patrick J. Bartlein (bartlein@uoregon.edu), Univ. of Oregon";
  :references = "Mitchell and Jones, 2005, Int. J. Climatology 25:693-712; New et al., 1999, J. Climate 12:829-856; New et al., 2002, Climate Research 21:1-25; Sitch et al., 2003, Global Change Biology 9:161-185.";
  :comment = "Biomes were derived from means of LPJ output for the previous 30 years (e.g., data for 1950 represent biomes derived from LPJ 1921-1950 30-year mean data).";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :disclaimer = "Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system, or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The USGS shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.";
}