Template for global attributes for Dataset Deocumentation
Suggestion to be used for
- netCDF files and global attributes therein
- an ascii “description.txt” file, submitted to AeroCom database along with dataset submission
- template for any individual wiki documentation on this wiki
see also “2.6.2. Description of file contents” in CF conventions
Suggested mandatory global attributes
ContactName =
ContactEmail =
Title =
Institution =
Source =
History =
References =
Comment =
Conventions =
Project =
ExperimentName =
ModelIntercomparison =
ModelIntercomparisonExperimentID =
Optional global attributes
Authors =
ModelVersion =
ModelVersionRevisionNumber =
ChemicalMechanism =
ModelDomain =
EnsembleNumber =
EmissionSet =
InitialConditions =
BoundaryConditions =
Forcing =
TuningParameters =
SpinUpPeriod =
MeterologyUsed =
DatasetStartDate =
DatasetEndDate =
Calendar =
GridType =
GridResolution =
OutputFrequency =
AeroComDirectoryName =
ProductionComputerUsed =
ProductionOutputStorageLocation =
ProductionOutputStorageDirectory =
ProductionDate =
ReferencePublications =
ReferenceEmissions =
ReferenceModel =
ReferenceRetrieval =
Acknowledgement =