netcdf GPM2Ku6_uw3_WCC_mod_grd_202005_AFC {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (1 currently)
	longitude = 1801 ;
	latitude = 1601 ;
variables:
	int time(time) ;
		time:units = "seconds" ;
		time:long_name = "seconds since 1970-01-01" ;
	float longitude(longitude) ;
		longitude:units = "degrees" ;
		longitude:long_name = "longitude" ;
	float latitude(latitude) ;
		latitude:units = "degrees" ;
		latitude:long_name = "latitude" ;
	float wcc_core_rain_rate_sum(time, latitude, longitude) ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_sum:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_sum:units = "mm/hr" ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_sum:long_name = "wide convective core rainrate sum based on GPM 2Ku /NS/SLV/precipRateNearSurface" ;
	int wcc_core_rain_rate_count(time, latitude, longitude) ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_count:_FillValue = -9999 ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_count:units = "none" ;
		wcc_core_rain_rate_count:long_name = "number of wide convective core pixels with GPM 2Ku /NS/SLV/precipRateNearSurface greater than zero" ;
	float wcc_storm_rain_rate_sum(time, latitude, longitude) ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_sum:_FillValue = -9999.f ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_sum:units = "mm/hr" ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_sum:long_name = "wide convective storm rainrate sum based on GPM 2Ku /NS/SLV/precipRateNearSurface" ;
	int wcc_storm_rain_rate_count(time, latitude, longitude) ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_count:_FillValue = -9999 ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_count:units = "none" ;
		wcc_storm_rain_rate_count:long_name = "number of wide convective storm pixels with GPM 2Ku /NS/SLV/precipRateNearSurface greater than zero" ;

// global attributes:
		:Title = "wide convective monthly rain rate sums based on GPM 2Ku /NS/SLV/precipRateNearSurface and /NS/CSF/typePrecip" ;
		:WideConvective_Criterion = "30dBZ echos with horiz dim at some alt > 800km^2" ;
		:source_uw = "Created by the Mesoscale Group, University of Washington" ;
		:source_nasa = "Original data obtained from NASA Goddard Earth Sciences http://pmm.nasa.gov/" ;
		:reference = "Methodology described in Houze et al. 2015 (Reviews of Geophysics)" ;
		:data_location = "http://gpm.atmos.washington.edu" ;
		:region = "AFC Africa" ;
		:lon_min = -30. ;
		:lon_max = 60. ;
		:lat_min = -40. ;
		:lat_max = 40. ;
		:time_range = "Month starting at date defined by time variable" ;
}