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        "#dataRequest_specs_version":"01.00.29",
        "#mip_era":"CMIP6",
        "Conventions":"CF-1.7 ODS-2.1",
        "approx_interval":"1.00000",
        "cmor_version":"3.4",
        "data_specs_version":"2.1.0",
        "generic_levels":"",
        "int_missing_value":"-2147483648",
        "missing_value":"1e20",
        "product":"observations",
        "realm":"atmos",
        "table_date":"11 April 2019",
        "table_id":"Table obs4MIPs_Aday"
    },
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            "comment":"The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. 'Upward' indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). The surface latent heat flux is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air on account of evaporation (including sublimation). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, 'flux' implies per unit area, called 'flux density' in physics.",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
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            "standard_name":"surface_upward_latent_heat_flux",
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            "units":"W m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "hfss":{
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            "comment":"The surface sensible heat flux, also called turbulent heat flux, is the exchange of heat between the surface and the air by motion of air.",
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            "standard_name":"surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux",
            "type":"real",
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            "valid_max":"",
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        "hur":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"time: mean",
            "comment":"The relative humidity with respect to liquid water for T> 0 C, and with respect to ice for T<0 C.",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "valid_max":"",
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Near-surface (usually, 2 meter) specific humidity.",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
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            "units":"1",
            "valid_max":"",
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            "comment":"The total run-off (including drainage through the base of the soil model) per unit area leaving the land portion of the grid cell.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Total Runoff",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"mrro",
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            "standard_name":"runoff_flux",
            "type":"real",
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            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "comment":"the mass per unit area  (summed over all soil layers) of water in all phases.",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "out_name":"mrso",
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            "standard_name":"mass_content_of_water_in_soil",
            "type":"real",
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            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "comment":"The mass of water in all phases in the upper 10cm of the  soil layer.",
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            "frequency":"day",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"mrsos",
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            "standard_name":"mass_content_of_water_in_soil_layer",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"kg m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"includes both liquid and solid phases",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Precipitation",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"pr",
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            "standard_name":"precipitation_flux",
            "type":"real",
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            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "comment":"Convective precipitation at surface; includes both liquid and solid phases.",
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            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Convective Precipitation",
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            "out_name":"prc",
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            "standard_name":"convective_precipitation_flux",
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            "valid_max":"",
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"At surface; includes precipitation of all forms of water in the solid phase",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Snowfall Flux",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"prsn",
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            "standard_name":"snowfall_flux",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"kg m-2 s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Sea Level Pressure",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Sea Level Pressure",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"psl",
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            "standard_name":"air_pressure_at_mean_sea_level",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"Pa",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "comment":"The surface called 'surface' means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. 'longwave' means longwave radiation. Downwelling radiation is radiation from above. It does not mean 'net downward'. When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called 'irradiance'. In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called 'vector irradiance'. In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, 'flux' implies per unit area, called 'flux density' in physics.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
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            "units":"W m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Net longwave surface radiation",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Net Longwave Surface Radiation",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"rls",
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            "standard_name":"surface_net_downward_longwave_flux",
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            "units":"W m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"rlus",
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            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"at the top of the atmosphere (to be compared with satellite measurements)",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"rlut",
            "positive":"up",
            "standard_name":"toa_outgoing_longwave_flux",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"W m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "rsds":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Surface solar irradiance for UV calculations.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"rsds",
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            "units":"W m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "rss":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Net downward shortwave radiation at the surface",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Net Shortwave Surface Radiation",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
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            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"near-surface (usually, 10 meters) wind speed.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height10m",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"sfcWind",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"wind_speed",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
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            "comment":"Daily maximum near-surface (usually, 10 meters) wind speed.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height10m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"sfcWindmax",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"wind_speed",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
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            "out_name":"snc",
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            "type":"real",
            "units":"%",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_measures":"",
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            "comment":"The mass of surface snow on the land portion of the grid cell divided by the land area in the grid cell; reported as missing where the land fraction is 0; excludes snow on vegetation canopy or on sea ice.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Surface Snow Amount",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"snw",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"surface_snow_amount",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"kg m-2",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"time: mean",
            "comment":"Air Temperature",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude plev8 time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Air Temperature",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"ta",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"air_temperature",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"K",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "tas":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height2m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Near-Surface Air Temperature",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"tas",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"air_temperature",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"K",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "tasmax":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: mean time: maximum",
            "comment":"maximum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: max')",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height2m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"tasmax",
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            "standard_name":"air_temperature",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"K",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
        },
        "tasmin":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: mean time: minimum",
            "comment":"minimum near-surface (usually, 2 meter) air temperature (add cell_method attribute 'time: min')",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height2m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"tasmin",
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            "standard_name":"air_temperature",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"K",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean (comment: over land and sea ice)",
            "comment":"Surface temperature of all surfaces except open ocean.",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Surface Temperature Where Land or Sea Ice",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"tslsi",
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            "standard_name":"surface_temperature",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"K",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"time: mean",
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            "dimensions":"longitude latitude plev8 time",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Eastward Wind",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"ua",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"eastward_wind",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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        "uas":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
            "comment":"Eastward component of the near-surface (usually, 10 meters)  wind",
            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height10m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Eastward Near-Surface Wind",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"uas",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"eastward_wind",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Northward Wind",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"va",
            "positive":"",
            "standard_name":"northward_wind",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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        "vas":{
            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"area: time: mean",
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            "dimensions":"longitude latitude time height10m",
            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Northward Near-Surface Wind",
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            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"vas",
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            "standard_name":"northward_wind",
            "type":"real",
            "units":"m s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_methods":"time: mean",
            "comment":"Omega (vertical velocity in pressure coordinates, positive downwards)",
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            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Omega (=dp/dt)",
            "ok_max_mean_abs":"",
            "ok_min_mean_abs":"",
            "out_name":"wap",
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            "standard_name":"lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure",
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            "units":"Pa s-1",
            "valid_max":"",
            "valid_min":""
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            "cell_measures":"",
            "cell_methods":"time: mean",
            "comment":"Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface.",
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            "frequency":"day",
            "long_name":"Geopotential Height",
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