Attributes { eqlon { String long_name "Center longitude of equal-area cell"; String units "degrees_east"; Float64 valid_min 0.000000000000000; Float64 valid_max 360.0000000000000; } eqlat { String long_name "Center latitude of equal-area cell"; String units "degrees_north"; Float64 valid_min -90.00000000000000; Float64 valid_max 90.00000000000000; } eqlon_index { String long_name "Longitude index of equal-area cell"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 1; Int32 valid_max 360; } eqlat_index { String long_name "Latitude index of equal-area cell"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 1; Int32 valid_max 180; } eqcells_in_zone { String long_name "Number of longitude cells in each equal-area zone"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 1; Int32 valid_max 360; } eqarea { String long_name "Equal-area cell area"; String units "km2"; } lon { String long_name "Longitude"; String units "degrees_east"; Float64 valid_min 0.000000000000000; Float64 valid_max 360.0000000000000; String bounds "lon_bounds"; String description "Center longitude of square grid cell"; } lon_bounds { String long_name "Begining and ending longitude for each longitude zone"; String units "degrees_east"; } lat { String long_name "Latitude"; String units "degrees_north"; Float64 valid_min -90.00000000000000; Float64 valid_max 90.00000000000000; String bounds "lat_bounds"; String description "Center latitude of square grid cell"; } lat_bounds { String long_name "Beginning and ending latitude for each latitude zone"; String units "degrees_north"; } sqlon_beg { String long_name "Square grid beginning longitude index"; String units "1"; } sqlon_end { String long_name "Square grid ending longitude index"; String units "1"; } land_fraction { String long_name "Land Area Fraction"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 0; Int32 valid_max 1; Float64 scale 0.01000000000000000; Int32 FillValue -9999; String description "Fraction of Land found in equal area cell"; String reference "http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html"; } height { String long_name "Mean topographical height"; String units "m"; Int32 valid_min 5417; Int32 valid_max -48; Int32 scale 1; Int16 _FillValue -9999; String description "Mean topographical height above sea level taken from ISCCP; reference:http://www.noaacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html"; String references "http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html"; } sigma_height { Int32 valid_min 1744; Int32 valid_max 0; String long_name "topographic height standard deviation"; String units "m"; String description "standard deviation of mean topographical taken from ISCCP; reference:http://www.noaacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html"; String reference "http://www.noacrest.org/rscg/Products/SCT/topo.html"; } FDesa { String long_name "Effective surface albedo"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 0; Int32 valid_max 1; Float32 scale_factor 0.00100000005; Int32 _fillValue -9999; String description "Monthly total effective surface albedo over land at solar wavelengths from the ISCCP FD product (including snow). Calculated by taking the ratio of upwelling to downwelling shortwave fluxes , over all wavelengths for all sky illumination over time period of 1998 -2007"; String referenc "http://www.ISCCP.giss.nasa.gov/projects/flux.html"; } mblabel { String long_name "Modis albedo band label"; String units "1"; String description "Modis albedo band label from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product"; Int32 string_length 17; } msa { String long_name "surface albedo over land asuming no snow"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 0; Int32 valid_max 1; Float32 scale_factor 0.00100000005; Int16 _FillValue -9999; String description "Monthly mean Spectral Albedo over land at 7 MODIS bands (0.47,0.55, 0.67,0.86,1.24,1.64,2.1 micrometers) from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product where only data with the first 3 Quality flags are saved; Time period: 2003-2015"; String reference "http://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/terra_aqua_modis/modis_brdf_albedo_cmg_gap_filled_snow_free_product_mcd43gf_v005"; } sigma_msa { String long_name "Standard deviation surface albedo over land assuming no snow"; String units "1"; Int32 valid_min 0; Int32 valid_max 1; Float32 scale_factor 0.00100000005; Int16 _FillValue -9999; String description "Monthly Standard deviation of surface albedo over land at 7 MODIS bands(0.47,0.55, 0.67,0.86,1.24,1.64,2.1 micrometers) from the Gap filled Snow-Free MODIS Black Sky Albedo Product where only data with the first 3 Quality flags are saved; Time period: 2003-2015"; String reference "http://www.umb.edu/spectralmass/terra_aqua_modis/modis_brdf_albedo_cmg_gap_filled_snow_free_product_mcd43gf_v005"; } NC_GLOBAL { String Conventions "CF-1.4"; String title "LANDMET Total Effective and Spectral Albedo Ancillary Data"; String author "William B. Rossow"; String producer "William B. Rossow"; String institution "The City College of New York NOAA/CREST"; String first_release_date "November 2016"; String source "Multiple Observational Sources"; String version_id "1"; String citation "TBD"; String references "TBD"; String identifier_Product_DOI "10.5067/MEASURES/LANDMET/ANC002"; String identifier_prouct_DOI_authority "http://dx.doi.org/"; String comment "Monthly mean Albedos ; Version one produced at CCNY"; String processingLevel "3"; String short_name "LANDMET_ANC_TESA"; String long_name "LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3"; String granule_id "LANDMET_ANC_TESA_L3_19982007_v1.nc"; String format "netCDF-4 classic"; String range_beginning_time "00:00:00"; String range_ending_time "23:59:59"; String range_beginning_date "1998-01-01"; String range_ending_date "2007-12-31"; String production_run_date "2016-11-22"; String production_run_time "11:27:29"; } }