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* Residually diagnosed 3D DIABATIC Heating from ERA-40 Reanalyses
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* See the Chan and Nigam 2009 J. Climate paper 
* Chan, S. C., and S. Nigam, 2009: Residual Diagnosis of Diabatic Heating from
*   ERA-40 and NCEP Reanalyses: Intercomparisons with TRMM.
*   J. Climate, 22, 414-428.
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OPTIONS BIG_ENDIAN
UNDEF 9.999e+20
XDEF 144 LINEAR 0 2.5
YDEF 73 LINEAR -90 2.5
ZDEF 23 LEVELS 1000 925 850 775 700 600 500 400 300 250 200 150 100 70 50 30 20 10 7 5 3 2 1
TDEF 540 LINEAR 00Z01SEP1957 1mo
* Data period: Sep1957 - Aug2002
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VARS 1
QDB 23 99 ERA40 Diagnosed Diabatic Heating Rate (unit: K/s)
ENDVARS