Rain and Evaporation

Author

Gorton, Bec (Environment, Hobart)

#Rain and evaporation

Precipitation precipitation.nc
Evaporation evaporation.nc

These are both netcdf files with the following formats:

netcdf precipitation {
dimensions:
    t = UNLIMITED ; // (4017 currently)
    e2 = 7 ;
    e1 = 9 ;
variables:
    double x(e2, e1) ;
        x:units = “m” ;
        x:long_name = “X coordinate (AMG)” ;
    double y(e2, e1) ;
        y:units = “m” ;
        y:long_name = “Y coordinate (AMG)” ;
    double t(t) ;
        t:units = “days since 1990-01-01 00:00:00 +10” ;
        t:long_name = “Time” ;
    float precipitation(t, e2, e1) ;
        precipitation:units = “mm day-1” ;
        precipitation:long_name = “Precipitation” ;
// global attributes:
        :title = “Port Phillip Bay EPAV rain, 10km grid” ;
        :gridtype = “rectangular” ;
        :xorigin = 260000. ;
        :yorigin = 5750000. ;
        :dx = 10000. ;
        :dy = 10000. ;
        :rotation = 0. ;
}
netcdf evaporation {
dimensions:
    t = UNLIMITED ; // (4017 currently)
    e2 = 7 ;
    e1 = 9 ;
variables:
    double x(e2, e1) ;
        x:units = “m” ;
        x:long_name = “X coordinate (AMG)” ;
    double y(e2, e1) ;
        y:units = “m” ;
        y:long_name = “Y coordinate (AMG)” ;
    double t(t) ;
        t:units = “days since 1990-01-01 00:00:00 +10” ;
        t:long_name = “Time” ;
    float evaporation(t, e2, e1) ;
        evaporation:units = “mm day-1” ;
        evaporation:long_name = “Evaporation” ;
// global attributes:
        :title = “Port Phillip Bay EPAV evaporation, 10km grid” ;
        :gridtype = “rectangular” ;
        :xorigin = 260000. ;
        :yorigin = 5750000. ;
        :dx = 10000. ;
        :dy = 10000. ;
        :rotation = 0. ;
}