; provide the constants for netcdf output scaling factor.
;to set scale factor
;   set offset
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   u2d_scale_f=0.001
   v2d_scale_f=0.001
   t2d_scale_f=0.01
   q2d_scale_f=0.000001
   swdown_scale_f=0.001
   lwdown_scale_f=0.001
   psfc_scale_f=0.1
   rainrate_scale_f=1.0
;
   u2d_scale_fd=0.001d
   v2d_scale_fd=0.001d
   t2d_scale_fd=0.01d
   q2d_scale_fd=0.000001d
   swdown_scale_fd=0.001d
   lwdown_scale_fd=0.001d
   psfc_scale_fd=0.1d
;
  u2d_offset = 0.0 
  v2d_offset = 0.0
  t2d_offset = 100.0
  q2d_offset = 0.0
  swdown_offset = 0.0
  lwdown_offset = 0.0
  psfc_offset = 0.0
  rainrate_offset = 0.0
;
  u2d_offsetd = 0.0d
  v2d_offsetd = 0.0d
  t2d_offsetd = 100.0d
  t2d_offset = 100.0
  q2d_offsetd = 0.0d
  swdown_offsetd = 0.0d
  lwdown_offsetd = 0.0d
  psfc_offsetd = 0.0d
;
  u2d_missing = -9999./u2d_scale_f
  v2d_missing = -9999./v2d_scale_f 
  t2d_missing = (-9999.-t2d_offset)/t2d_scale_f
  q2d_missing =  -9999./q2d_scale_f/1000.
  swdown_missing =  -9999/swdown_scale_f
  lwdown_missing =  -9999./lwdown_scale_f
  psfc_missing =  -9999./psfc_scale_f
  rainrate_missing =  -9999./rainrate_scale_f
;
  u2d_valid_range=(/-100000.0d, 100000.0d/)
  v2d_valid_range=(/-100000.0d, 100000.0d/)
  t2d_valid_range=(/0.0d, 40000.0d/)
  q2d_valid_range=(/0.0d, 1000000.0d/)
  swdown_valid_range=(/0.0d, 5000000.0d/)
  lwdown_valid_range=(/0.0d, 5000000.0d/)
  psfc_valid_range=(/0.0d, 10000000.0d/)
  rainrate_valid_range=(/0.0d, 100.0d/)
;
  proj4 = "+proj=lcc +lat_1=30 +lat_2=60 +lat_0=40 +lon_0=-97 +x_0=0 +y_0=0 +a=6370000 +b=6370000 +units=m +no_defs" ;
  grid_mapping = "ProjectionCoordinateSystem" ;
 remap = "remapped via ESMF regrid_with_weights: Bilinear" ;
 cell_methods = "time: point" ;
 cell_methods_rain = "time: mean" ;
 nwm_version = "v2.0" ;

;
 undef("getDataScaled")
 function getDataScaled ( varValue:float, \
	                  var_scale_f:float,  \ 
	                  var_offset:float)   

 begin
	var_scaled=(varValue-var_offset)/var_scale_f
	return(var_scaled)
 end
;
 undef("getDataUnscaled")
 function getDataUnscaled ( varValue:integer, \
	                  var_scale_f:float,  \ 
	                  var_offset:float)   

 begin
	var_unscaled=varValue*var_scale_f+var_offset
	return(var_unscaled)
 end