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Global Attributes:	creation_date: 21-Apr-2015 13:33:48 Conventions: CF-1.5 publisher_name: Anna Cinzia Marra publisher_email: annacinzia.marra@artov.isac.cnr.it title: CDRD Rainfall Rate Estimate institution: Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - Italian National Research Council (CNR-ISAC) - Rome source: Precipitation retrieval for SSMIS observations by a Bayesian algorithm. resolution: The product resolution corresponds to the nominal resolution of the 91 GHz channel of SSMIS, 14.4 x 15.1 km^2 (in the along x cross track directions). The sampling distance is 12.5 km, assuming a 833 km spacecraft altitude. references: San�, P., Casella, D., Mugnai, A., Schiavon, G., Smith, E. A., and Tripoli, G. J.: Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements: Part 1. Algorithm description and testing, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51, 4119-4143, 2013. - Casella, D., Panegrossi, G., Sano, P., Dietrich, S., Mugnai, A., Smith, E. A., Tripoli, G. J., Formenton, M., Di Paola, F., and Leung, W.-Y.: Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements: Part 2. Overcoming database profile selection ambiguity by consideration of meteorological control on microphysics, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51, 4650-4671, 2013. Project: Earth2Observe acknowledgement: The EartH2Observe project has received funding from the European Union Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 603608

Variables:	phase: Array of 32 bit Integers [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: long_name: phase coordinates: lon lat FillValue: 7 valid_range: 0-3 comment: The phase flag is given as an integer number: 0 unknown (flag determination not reliable), 1 liquid, 2 ice, 3 mixed _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180
	lon: Array of 32 bit Reals [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: units: degrees_east long_name: longitude _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180
	qind: Array of 32 bit Integers [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: long_name: quality index short_name: qind coordinates: lon lat FillValue: 0 valid_range: 1-100 comment: Higher for convective precipitation or in warm-moist environmental conditions, and lower for light stratiform precipitation and-or cold-dry conditions, or in presence of snowy-iced background, indicates the reliability or the criticisms linked to the retrieval. 0 Missing data, 1-20 Poor, 21-80 Fair, 81-100 Good. _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180
	time: Array of 32 bit Integers [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: long_name: Time of measurement units: seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180
	lat: Array of 32 bit Reals [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: long_name: latitude units: degrees_north _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180
	rr: Array of 32 bit Reals [xc = 0..1299][yc = 0..179] xc: yc: short_name: rr units: mm/hr coordinates: lon lat FillValue: -9.99 long_name: rainfall rate _ChunkSizes: 1300, 180

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Dataset {
    Int32 phase[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
    Float32 lon[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
    Int32 qind[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
    Int32 time[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
    Float32 lat[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
    Float32 rr[xc = 1300][yc = 180];
} cnr/cdrd-rainfall-rate/2013/06/CDRD_SSMIS_F16_20130601_1700_1741_49639.nc;

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