Levitus (NOAA World Ocean Atlas 1994) Climatology 00 'month ' = month of climatology (01 to 12) 10 'iversn' = hycom version number x10 21 'iexpt ' = experiment number x10 0 'yrflag' = days in year flag (0=360, 1=366, 2=366J1, 3=actual) 0 'mapflg' = map flag (0=mercator,1=rotated,2=uniform,3=beta-plane) 57 'idm ' = longitudinal array size 52 'jdm ' = latitudinal array size 11.0 'pntlat' = latitudinal reference grid point on pressure grid 0.0 'reflat' = latitude of reference grid point on pressure grid 2.0 'grdlat' = latitudinal grid size at the equator (degrees) 15 'kdm ' = number of layers 15 'nhybrd' = number of hybrid levels (0=all isopycnal) 0 'nsigma' = number of sigma levels (nhybrd-nsigma z-levels) 0.01 'dp00s ' = sigma spacing minimum thickness (m) 0.01 'dp00 ' = z-level spacing minimum thickness (m) 0.01 'dp00x ' = z-level spacing maximum thickness (m) 1.0 'dp00f ' = z-level spacing stretching factor (1.0=const.spacing) 25.0 'thbase' = reference density (sigma units) 20.75 'sigma ' = layer 1 density (sigma units) 21.25 'sigma ' = layer 2 density (sigma units) 21.75 'sigma ' = layer 3 density (sigma units) 22.25 'sigma ' = layer 4 density (sigma units) 22.75 'sigma ' = layer 5 density (sigma units) 23.25 'sigma ' = layer 6 density (sigma units) 23.75 'sigma ' = layer 7 density (sigma units) 24.25 'sigma ' = layer 8 density (sigma units) 24.75 'sigma ' = layer 9 density (sigma units) 25.25 'sigma ' = layer 10 density (sigma units) 25.75 'sigma ' = layer 11 density (sigma units) 26.25 'sigma ' = layer 12 density (sigma units) 26.75 'sigma ' = layer 13 density (sigma units) 27.25 'sigma ' = layer 14 density (sigma units) 27.75 'sigma ' = layer 15 density (sigma units) 0.01 'thkmin' = minimum mixed-layer thickness (m)