Source:  NASA/Goddard
Creation date:  2005
Range of data:  Sep 1, 2004 00Z to Sep 30, 2004 18Z
Data Format:  Flat binary, Big_endian (Grads readable)
First point on grid:  Prime Meridian (stored west to east) and South Pole
Size of dataset:  ?
Resolution:  1000 longitude points (.36 deg)
             721 latitude points  (.25 deg)
             35 pressure levels
             6 hour interval
Levels:
 1000.0000  996.0000  988.0000  979.0000  969.0000  958.0000
  947.0000  935.0000  922.0000  894.0000  850.0000  830.0000
  800.0000  750.0000  700.0000  650.0000  600.0000  550.0000
  500.0000  450.0000  400.0000  350.0000  300.0000  250.0000
  200.0000  150.0000  100.0000   70.0000   50.0000   30.0000
   10.0000    5.0000    2.0000    1.0000    0.4000

Quantities:
  Surface
    Sea-level pressure (hPa)
    Surface pressure (Pascal)
    Vertically-integrated, random overlap, high cloud amount [fraction]
    Vertically-integrated, random overlap, low cloud amount [fraction]
    Vertically-integrated, random overlap, mid cloud amount [fraction]
    Vertically-integrated, random overlap, total cloud cover [fraction]
    Convective precipitation rate [mm/day]
    Large-scale precipitation rate [mm/day]
    2 meter specific humidity [Kg/Kg]
    2 meter temperature [K]
    10 meter U wind [m/s]
    2 meter U wind [m/s]
    10 meter V wind [m/s]
    2 meter V wind [m/s]
  Upper Air
    Geopotential height (m)
    U-wind (m/s)
    V-wind (m/s)
    Temperature (K)
    Specific humidity (g/g)
    Vertical velocity (Pa/s)
    Actual cloud liquid water path length [gram/m**2]
    Cloud fraction [fraction]
    Effective cloud fraction [fraction]

Comments:
  This nature run has been partially validated and not yet used
  for simulation experiments.