DSET /data/system3/suraj/nigam/public/NCEP_NCAR_QDB.dat
* Residually diagnosed 3D DIABATIC Heating from NCEP_NCAR Reanalyses
* See the Nigam, Chung & DeWeaver 2000 paper (J. Climate, 13, 3152-3171) for more details;
* Diagnosis by Eric DeWeaver
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UNDEF -9999
XDEF 72 LINEAR 0 5
YDEF 73 LINEAR -90 2.5
ZDEF 17 LEVELS 1000 925 850 700 600 500 400 300 250 200 150 100 70 50 30 20 10
TDEF 648 LINEAR 00Z01JAN1949 1mo
* Data period: Jan1949 - Dec2002
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VARS 1
QDB 17 99 Diagnosed Diabatic Heating Rate (unit: K/s)
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