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<start_date_identifier> being an string "SYYYYMMDDHH"
<variable_name> from the netCDF name of the variable (short name)
<ensemble_member> from the 'realization' coordinate value
NOTE: The file name should be able to be rebuilt from the contents of the file
Metadata
- The metadata is constrained by the CF convention (NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Convention)
- This is also based on information from the SPECS_standard_output.pdf document, the CMIP5 tables and the Attribute Convention for Data Discovery.
- Attributes currently are a significantly reduced subset of the SPECS/CMIP5 requirements with minor adaptations
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