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

Suggested mandatory global attributes

ContactName =

ContactEmail =

Institution =

Project =

ExperimentName =

ModelIntercomparison =

ModelIntercomparisonExperimentID =

Purpose =

Comment =

cf_version =

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 =