Information about summary of the netCDF formatted data files daily_precip_hcst.nc daily_precip_fcst.nc daily_tmean_hcst.nc daily_tmean_fcst.nc Here in the file names: precip denotes: 24hour accumulated precipitation in the units of meters. tmean denotes: 24hour averaged 2m yemperature in the units of degrees Kelvin. hcst represents: hindcast data fcst represents: forecast data The forecast data (precip and tmean) in the dated directory has initial condition for the same date. The data is for 32ubsequent forecast days The hindcast data (precip and tmean) in the dated directory has initial condition for the same date. The data is for 32ubsequent forecast days for each of previous 20 years with respect to the initial condition date. horizontal resolution (precip, tmean): 720x361 0.5deg lonlat PS1: The 20year clim is also in real-time reforecast for previous years. Ps2: the following command ncdump -h filename.nc filename.txt will output a text file containing the metadata for that netcdf data file. ========================================================================================== Following are the metadata for each of the precip/2mtmp/forecast/hindcast data files ========================================================================================== -------------------- 1. Start Precip Forecast Metadata --------------------------- netcdf daily_precip_fcst { dimensions: issued_date = 1 ; time = 32 ; latitude = 361 ; longitude = 720 ; variables: double precip(issued_date, time, latitude, longitude) ; precip:_FillValue = NaN ; int64 issued_date(issued_date) ; issued_date:units = "days since 2026-08-06 00:00:00" ; issued_date:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ; int64 time(time) ; time:long_name = "time since forecast_reference_time" ; time:standard_name = "forecast_period" ; time:units = "hours" ; double latitude(latitude) ; latitude:_FillValue = NaN ; latitude:units = "degrees_north" ; latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ; latitude:long_name = "latitude" ; latitude:stored_direction = "decreasing" ; double longitude(longitude) ; longitude:_FillValue = NaN ; longitude:units = "degrees_east" ; longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ; longitude:long_name = "longitude" ; } -------------------- 1. End of Precip Forecast Metadata ------------------------- -------------------- 2. Start Precip Hindcast Metadata --------------------------- netcdf daily_precip_hcst { dimensions: issued_date = 20 ; forecast_hour = 32 ; latitude = 361 ; longitude = 720 ; variables: float precip(issued_date, forecast_hour, latitude, longitude) ; precip:_FillValue = NaNf ; int64 issued_date(issued_date) ; issued_date:long_name = "initial time of forecast" ; issued_date:standard_name = "forecast_reference_time" ; issued_date:units = "days since 2006-08-09 00:00:00" ; issued_date:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ; int64 forecast_hour(forecast_hour) ; forecast_hour:long_name = "time since forecast_reference_time" ; forecast_hour:standard_name = "forecast_period" ; forecast_hour:units = "hours" ; double latitude(latitude) ; latitude:_FillValue = NaN ; latitude:units = "degrees_north" ; latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ; latitude:long_name = "latitude" ; latitude:stored_direction = "decreasing" ; double longitude(longitude) ; longitude:_FillValue = NaN ; longitude:units = "degrees_east" ; longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ; longitude:long_name = "longitude" ; -------------------- 2. End of Precip Forecast Metadata ------------------------- -------------------- 3. 2m Temperature Forecast Metadata --------------------------- netcdf daily_tmean_fcst { dimensions: issued_date = 1 ; time = 32 ; latitude = 361 ; longitude = 720 ; variables: double tmean(issued_date, time, latitude, longitude) ; tmean:_FillValue = NaN ; int64 issued_date(issued_date) ; issued_date:units = "days since 2026-08-06 00:00:00" ; issued_date:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ; int64 time(time) ; time:long_name = "time since forecast_reference_time" ; time:standard_name = "forecast_period" ; time:units = "hours" ; double latitude(latitude) ; latitude:_FillValue = NaN ; latitude:units = "degrees_north" ; latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ; latitude:long_name = "latitude" ; latitude:stored_direction = "decreasing" ; double longitude(longitude) ; longitude:_FillValue = NaN ; longitude:units = "degrees_east" ; longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ; longitude:long_name = "longitude" ; } -------------------- 3. End of 2m Temperature Forecast Metadata ------------------------- -------------------- 4. Start 2m Temperature Hindcast Metadata --------------------------- netcdf daily_tmean_hcst { dimensions: issued_date = 20 ; forecast_hour = 32 ; latitude = 361 ; longitude = 720 ; variables: float tmean(issued_date, forecast_hour, latitude, longitude) ; tmean:_FillValue = NaNf ; int64 issued_date(issued_date) ; issued_date:long_name = "initial time of forecast" ; issued_date:standard_name = "forecast_reference_time" ; issued_date:units = "days since 2006-08-07 00:00:00" ; issued_date:calendar = "proleptic_gregorian" ; int64 forecast_hour(forecast_hour) ; forecast_hour:long_name = "time since forecast_reference_time" ; forecast_hour:standard_name = "forecast_period" ; forecast_hour:units = "hours" ; double latitude(latitude) ; latitude:_FillValue = NaN ; latitude:units = "degrees_north" ; latitude:standard_name = "latitude" ; latitude:long_name = "latitude" ; latitude:stored_direction = "decreasing" ; double longitude(longitude) ; longitude:_FillValue = NaN ; longitude:units = "degrees_east" ; longitude:standard_name = "longitude" ; longitude:long_name = "longitude" ; } -------------------- 4. End of 2m Temperature Hindcast Metadata -------------------------