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Below are directions for directly accessing through THREDDS data server

On the main screen, there is a list of different datasets that you can select

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Select your desired Dataset and you will then see a list of the different download options that are available

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NetCDF - The next screen will let you select different variables, latitude and longitute
coordinates, and time range. Adjust the parameters to include your desired subset.

NOTE: Make sure you select the radio buttons (circled in red below) to select the Bounding
Box and Time Range options so that it pulls from those ranges and not the whole data set.

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OPeNDAP

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Variable Definitions

*Request additional variables by contacting Lydia Stefanova

Field	Name	Units
Hourly precipitation	pratesfc	[kg/m^2/s]
Hourly 2-m specific humidity	spfh2m	[kg/kg]
U, V at 10m	ugrd10m, vgrd10m	[m/s]
Temperature at 2m	tmp2m	[K]
SFC Downward short wave flux	dswrfsfc	[W/m^2]
SFC Latent heat flux	lhtflsfc	[W/m^2]
SFC Snowfall rate water equiv.	srweqsfc	[kg/m^2/s]
SFC Ground heat flux	gfluxsfc	[W/m^2]
SFC Roughness	sfcrsfc	[m]
SFC Sensible heat flux	shtflsfc	[W/m^2]
SFC Pressure	pressfc	[Pa]
Daily 2-m Tmin and Tmax	daily/tmin2m	[K]
	daily/tmax2m	[K]