	lat	lev	lon	time
IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Africa MAM90km[OLR PSFC va rain ua tc P QVAPOR rn rc TSK wa ]
grid: /lon (degree_east) ordered (63.04369W) to (123.0437E) by 0.8126086 N= 230 pts :grid			M
grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered [ (51.47141S) (50.96243S) (50.4478S) ... (60.41196N)] N= 169 pts :grid	M
grid: /lev (hPa) ordered [ (1000.0) (925.0) (850.0) (700.0) (600.0) (500.0) (400.0) (300.0) (200.0) (100.0)] :grid		M
grid: /time (days since 1960-01-01 12:00:00) ordered [ (1 Mar 1980) (2 Mar 1980) (3 Mar 1980) ... (31 May 2012)] N= 3036 pts :grid				M
IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Africa MAM90km wa[ lon lat lev \| time]	M	M	M	M

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means the grid is missing

M means the grids match

O means the grids are offset

S means the grids could match by sampling

D means the grids differ

Grid Comparisons

When you have multiple variables active, a table of grid comparisons appears to the right. These comparisons are between the last variable and all the others (so the last row always has matches or blanks).

IRI MP RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE REGIONAL Africa MAM90km wa options

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Grids

Grids are the independent variables, i.e. what the current dependent variable (wa) depends on.

lat: grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered [ (51.47141S) (50.96243S) (50.4478S) ... (60.41196N)] N= 169 pts :grid
lev: grid: /lev (hPa) ordered [ (1000.0) (925.0) (850.0) (700.0) (600.0) (500.0) (400.0) (300.0) (200.0) (100.0)] :grid
lon: grid: /lon (degree_east) ordered (63.04369W) to (123.0437E) by 0.8126086 N= 230 pts :grid
time: grid: /time (days since 1960-01-01 12:00:00) ordered [ (1 Mar 1980) (2 Mar 1980) (3 Mar 1980) ... (31 May 2012)] N= 3036 pts :grid

Other Info

These are additional attributes, some of which can be used to change how the data is processed or displayed.

datatype: realarraytype
FieldType: 104
missing_value: 9.96920997E36
pointwidth: 0
stagger
units: m s^-1
standard units*: meter second^-1