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import iris
url='http://oceanmodeling.pmc.ucsc.edu:8080/thredds/dodsC/ccsnrt/fmrc/CCSNRT_Aggregation_best.ncd'
var='potential temperature'
cube = iris.load_cube(url,var)


/home/local/python27_epd/lib/python2.7/site-packages/iris/fileformats/_pyke_rules/compiled_krb/fc_rules_cf_fc.py:1216: UserWarning: Gracefully filling 'time' dimension coordinate masked points
  warnings.warn(msg.format(str(cf_coord_var.cf_name)))

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print cube


potential temperature / (Celsius)   (time: 1193; S-coordinate at RHO-points: 42; -- : 181; -- : 186)
     Dimension coordinates:
          time                           x                                 -        -         -
          S-coordinate at RHO-points     -                                 x        -         -
     Auxiliary coordinates:
          forecast_reference_time        x                                 -        -         -
          latitude                       -                                 -        x         x
          longitude                      -                                 -        x         x
     Attributes:
          CF%3afeature_type: GRID
          CPP_options: USWC, ADJOINT, ANA_BSFLUX, ANA_BTFLUX, ASSUMED_SHAPE, BACKGROUND, BULK_FLUXES,...
          Conventions: CF-1.4, _Coordinates
          DODS_EXTRA.Unlimited_Dimension: ocean_time
          ana_file: ROMS/Functionals/ana_btflux.h, /home/ocemod/roms/i4dvar_compile/Functi...
          apar_file: is4dvar_563.in
          bry_file: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/misc_ncfiles/wc12.0_WOA05_bry_cycle365.25_extr...
          cdm_data_type: GRID
          code_dir: /auto/home/ocemod/roms/repository/trunk
          compiler_command: /soft/openmpi_pgi/bin/mpif90
          compiler_flags:  -O3 -Mfree
          compiler_system: pgi
          cpu: x86_64
          field: temperature, scalar, series
          file: output/is4dvar_fwd_001.nc
          format: netCDF-3 classic file
          frc_file_01: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_02: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_03: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_04: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_05: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_06: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          frc_file_07: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          fwd_file: output/is4dvar_fwd_000.nc
          grd_file: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_sys/grids/wc12_grd.nc.0
          header_dir: /home/ocemod/roms/i4dvar_compile
          header_file: wc13.h
          his_file: output/is4dvar_fwd_001.nc
          history: ROMS/TOMS, Version 3.5, Tuesday - March 18, 2014 - 12:45:55 AM ;
FMRC Best...
          ini_file: /home/ocemod/ccsrt_runs/wc12.0/wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_tave24_combo...
          itl_file: ncfiles/is4dvar_itl.nc
          location: Proto fmrc:CCSNRT Aggregation
          nrm_file: ncfiles/wc12.0_nrm_i_start_on_5547.00.nc
          obs_file: ncfiles/wc12.0_ssh_aviso_ssh_noaa_tide_sst_ostia_ts_mbari_glider_merge...
          os: Linux
          rst_file: output/is4dvar_rst.nc
          script_file: ocean_563.in
          state_vector: zeta, ubar, vbar, u, v, temp, salt
          svn_rev: 563M
          svn_url: https:://myroms.org/svn/src
          tiling: 004x004
          time: ocean_time
          title: UCSC California Current System, version wc12.0_coamps_woa_gls_v563_01
          type: ROMS/TOMS history file

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