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  # -*- coding:  utf-8 -*-
  
  # import os
  # import json
  
  
  def meta_file():
      tmp = {}
  
      """
      Daily Meteorology -  Livneh et al.,  2013
      """
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['web_protocol'] = 'ftp'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['domain'] = 'livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['subdomain'] = '/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/Meteorology.asc.v.1.2.1915.2011.bz2/'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['decision_steps'] = 'files organized by spatial bounding boxes'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['filename_structure'] = 'Meteorology_Livneh_CONUSExt_v.1.2_2013_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['file_format'] = 'bz2-compressed ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['reference'][1] = 'Livneh,  B.,  E. A. Rosenberg,  C. Lin,  B. Nijssen,  V. Mishra,  K. M. Andreadis,  E. P. Maurer,  and D. P. Lettenmaier,  2013:  A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States:  Update and Extensions. J. Climate,  26,  9384-9392.'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['reference'][2] = 'ftp://livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/readme.txt'
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['start_date'] = '1915-01-01'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['end_date'] = '2011-12-31'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['delimiter'] = '\t'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_list'] = ['PRECIP',  'TMAX',  'TMIN',  'WINDSPD']
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {'desc': 'daily precipitation (mm)',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {'desc': 'daily maximum temperature (C)',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {'desc': 'daily minimum temperature (C)',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2013']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {'desc': 'daily mean wind speed (m/s)',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm/s'}
  
      """
      Daily Meteorology - Livneh et al.,  2015
      """
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['web_protocol'] = 'ftp'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['domain'] = '192.12.137.7'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['subdomain'] = '/pub/dcp/archive/OBS/livneh2014.1_16deg/ascii/daily/'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['decision_steps'] = 'files organized by Latitude'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['filename_structure'] = 'Meteorology_Livneh_NAmerExt_15Oct2014_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['file_format'] = 'bz2-compressed ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['reference'][1] = 'Livneh B.,  T.J. Bohn,  D.S. Pierce,  F. Munoz-Ariola,  B. Nijssen,  R. Vose,  D. Cayan,  and L.D. Brekke,  2015:  A spatially comprehensive,  hydrometeorological data set for Mexico,  the U.S.,  and southern Canada 1950-2013,  Nature Scientific Data,  5: 150042,  doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.42.'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['reference'][2] = 'ftp: //livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/readme.txt'
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['start_date'] = '1950-01-01'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['end_date'] = '2013-12-31'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['delimiter'] = '\\s+'
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_list'] = ['PRECIP',  'TMAX',  'TMIN',  'WINDSPD']
  
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {'desc': 'daily precipitation (mm)',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {'desc': 'daily maximum temperature (C)',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {'desc': 'daily minimum temperature (C)',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_livneh2015']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {'desc': 'daily mean wind speed (m/s)',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm/s'}
  
      """
      Daily VIC - Livneh et al.,  2013
      """
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['web_protocol'] = 'ftp'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['domain'] = 'livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['subdomain'] = '/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/Fluxes.asc.v.1.2.1915.2011.bz2/'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['decision_steps'] = 'files organized by spatial bounding boxes'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['filename_structure'] = 'VIC_fluxes_Livneh_CONUSExt_v.1.2_2013_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['file_format'] = 'bz2-compressed ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['reference'][1] = 'Livneh,  B.,  E. A. Rosenberg,  C. Lin,  B. Nijssen,  V. Mishra,  K. M. Andreadis,  E. P. Maurer,  and D. P. Lettenmaier,  2013:  A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States:  Update and Extensions. J. Climate,  26,  9384-9392.'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['reference'][2] = 'ftp: //livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/readme.txt'
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['start_date'] = '1915-01-01'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['end_date'] = '2011-12-31'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['delimiter'] = '\t'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_list'] = ['YEAR', 'MONTH', 'DAY', 'EVAP', 'RUNOFF', 'BASEFLOW', 'SMTOP', 'SMMID', 'SMBOT', 'SWE', 'WDEW', 'SENSIBLE', 'LATENT', 'GRNDFLUX', 'RNET', 'RADTEMP', 'PREC']
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['YEAR'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['YEAR'] = {'desc': 'year',
                                                           'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'yr'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['MONTH'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['MONTH'] = {'desc': 'month',
                                                            'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'mo'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['DAY'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['DAY'] = {'desc': 'day',
                                                          'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['EVAP'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['EVAP'] = {'desc': 'Total ET rate-- includes Canopy,  Sub-canopy Evaporation,  Transpiration,  and Snow Sublimation',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/s'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RUNOFF'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RUNOFF'] = {'desc': 'Runoff',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/s'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['BASEFLOW'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['BASEFLOW'] = {'desc': 'Baseflow',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/s'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMTOP'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMTOP'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture top layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMMID'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMMID'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture middle layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMBOT'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SMBOT'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture bottom layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SWE'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SWE'] = {'desc': 'Snow water equivalent (SWE)',
                                                          'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['WDEW'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['WDEW'] = {'desc': 'Canopy water',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SENSIBLE'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['SENSIBLE'] = {'desc': 'Net sensible heat flux',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['LATENT'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['LATENT'] = {'desc': 'Net latent heat flux',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['GRNDFLUX'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['GRNDFLUX'] = {'desc': 'Net heat flux into ground',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RNET'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RNET'] = {'desc': 'Net downward radiation flux',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RADTEMP'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['RADTEMP'] = {'desc': 'Mean radiative surface temperature',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'K'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['PREC'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2013']['variable_info']['PREC'] = {'desc': 'Incoming precipitation rate',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/s'}
  
      """
      Daily Meteorology - bias-corrected Livneh et al. 2013
      """
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['web_protocol'] = 'http'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['domain'] = 'cses.washington.edu'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['subdomain'] = '/rocinante/Livneh/bcLivneh_WWA_2013/forcings_ascii/'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['decision_steps'] = ''
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['filename_structure'] = 'data_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['file_format'] = 'ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['reference'][1] = 'Livneh,  B.,  E. A. Rosenberg,  C. Lin,  B. Nijssen,  V. Mishra,  K. M. Andreadis,  E. P. Maurer,  and D. P. Lettenmaier,  2013:  A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States:  Update and Extensions. J. Climate,  26,  9384-9392.'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['reference'][2] = 'ftp: //livnehpublicstorage.colorado.edu/public/Livneh.2013.CONUS.Dataset/readme.txt'
  
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['start_date'] = '1915-01-01'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['end_date'] = '2011-12-31'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['delimiter'] = '\t'
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_list'] = ['PRECIP',  'TMAX',  'TMIN',  'WINDSPD']
  
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {'desc': 'daily precipitation (mm)',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {'desc': 'daily maximum temperature (C)',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {'desc': 'daily minimum temperature (C)',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {}
      tmp['dailymet_bclivneh2013']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {'desc': 'daily mean wind speed (m/s)',
                                                                'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm/s'}
  
      """
      Daily VIC - Livneh et al.,  2015
      """
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['web_protocol'] = 'ftp'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['domain'] = '192.12.137.7'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['subdomain'] = '/pub/dcp/archive/OBS/livneh2014.1_16deg/VIC.ASCII/'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['decision_steps'] = 'files organized by Latitude'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['filename_structure'] = 'Fluxes_Livneh_NAmerExt_15Oct2014_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['file_format'] = 'bz2-compressed ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['reference'][1] = 'Livneh B.,  T.J. Bohn,  D.S. Pierce,  F. Munoz-Ariola,  B. Nijssen,  R. Vose,  D. Cayan,  and L.D. Brekke,  2015:  A spatially comprehensive,  hydrometeorological data set for Mexico,  the U.S.,  and southern Canada 1950-2013,  Nature Scientific Data,  5: 150042,  doi: 10.1038/sdata.2015.42.'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['reference'][2] = 'ftp: //192.12.137.7/pub/dcp/archive/OBS/livneh2014.1_16deg/README.Livneh.Grids.txt.v3.txt'
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['start_date'] = '1950-01-01'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['end_date'] = '2013-12-31'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['delimiter'] = '\t'
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_list'] = ['YEAR', 'MONTH', 'DAY', 'EVAP', 'RUNOFF', 'BASEFLOW', 'SMTOP', 'SMMID', 'SMBOT', 'SWE', 'WDEW', 'SENSIBLE', 'LATENT', 'GRNDFLUX', 'RNET', 'PETTALL', 'PETSHORT', 'PETNATVEG']
  
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['YEAR'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['YEAR'] = {'desc': 'year',
                                                           'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'yr'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['MONTH'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['MONTH'] = {'desc': 'month',
                                                            'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'mo'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['DAY'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['DAY'] = {'desc': 'day',
                                                          'dtypes': 'int8', 'units': 'day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['EVAP'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['EVAP'] = {'desc': 'Total ET rate-- includes Canopy,  Sub-canopy Evaporation,  Transpiration,  and Snow Sublimation',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['RUNOFF'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['RUNOFF'] = {'desc': 'Runoff',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['BASEFLOW'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['BASEFLOW'] = {'desc': 'Baseflow',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMTOP'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMTOP'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture top layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMMID'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMMID'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture middle layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMBOT'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SMBOT'] = {'desc': 'Soil moisture bottom layer',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SWE'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SWE'] = {'desc': 'Snow water equivalent (SWE)',
                                                          'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['WDEW'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['WDEW'] = {'desc': 'Canopy water',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SENSIBLE'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['SENSIBLE'] = {'desc': 'Net sensible heat flux',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['LATENT'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['LATENT'] = {'desc': 'Net latent heat flux',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64',  'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['GRNDFLUX'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['GRNDFLUX'] = {'desc': 'Net heat flux into ground',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['RNET'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['RNET'] = {'desc': 'Net downward radiation flux',
                                                           'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W/m^2'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETTALL'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETTALL'] = {'desc': 'Potential Evapotranspiration from tall crop (Alfalfa)',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETSHORT'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETSHORT'] = {'desc': 'Potential Evapotranspiration from short crop (Grass)',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETNATVEG'] = {}
      tmp['dailyvic_livneh2015']['variable_info']['PETNATVEG'] = {'desc': 'Potential Evapotranspiration from current vegetation',
                                                                'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm/day'}
  
      """
      Daily wrf-nnrp - Salathe et al.,  2014
      """
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['web_protocol'] = 'http'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['domain'] = 'cses.washington.edu/'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['subdomain'] = '/rocinante/WRF/NNRP/vic_16d/WWA_1950_2010/raw/forcings_ascii/'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['decision_steps'] = ''
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['filename_structure'] = 'data_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['file_format'] = 'ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['reference'][1] = u'Salathé Jr EP,  Hamlet AF,  Mass CF,  Lee SY,  Stumbaugh M,  Steed R. Estimates of twenty-first-century flood risk in the Pacific Northwest based on regional climate model simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2014 Oct;15(5): 1881-99. DOI:  10.1175/JHM-D-13-0137.1'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['reference'][2] = 'http://cses.washington.edu/rocinante/WRF/README'
  
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['start_date'] = '1950-01-01'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['end_date'] = '2010-12-31'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['delimiter'] = '\\s+'
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_list'] = ['PRECIP',  'TMAX',  'TMIN',  'WINDSPD']
  
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {'desc': 'Daily accumulated precipitation',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {'desc': 'Maximum temperature at 2m',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {'desc': 'Minimum temperature at 2m',
                                                            'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_salathe2014']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {'desc': 'Wind Speed',
                                                               'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm/s'}
  
      """
      Daily WRF-nnrp - bias-corrected Salathe et al.,  2014
      """
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['web_protocol'] = 'http'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['domain'] = 'cses.washington.edu/'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['subdomain'] = '/rocinante/WRF/NNRP/vic_16d/WWA_1950_2010/bc/forcings_ascii/'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['decision_steps'] = ''
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['filename_structure'] = 'data_{LAT}_{LONG}'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['file_format'] = 'ASCII'
  
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['reference'][1] = 'Salathé Jr EP,  Hamlet AF,  Mass CF,  Lee SY,  Stumbaugh M,  Steed R. Estimates of twenty-first-century flood risk in the Pacific Northwest based on regional climate model simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 2014 Oct;15(5): 1881-99. DOI:  10.1175/JHM-D-13-0137.1'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['reference'][2] = 'http://cses.washington.edu/rocinante/WRF/README'
  
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['start_date'] = '1950-01-01'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['end_date'] = '2010-12-31'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['temporal_resolution'] = 'D'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['delimiter'] = '\\s+'
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_list'] = ['PRECIP', 'TMAX', 'TMIN', 'WINDSPD']
  
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['PRECIP'] = {'desc': 'Daily accumulated precipitation',
                                                                'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['TMAX'] = {'desc': 'Maximum temperature at 2m',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['TMIN'] = {'desc': 'Minimum temperature at 2m',
                                                              'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'C'}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {}
      tmp['dailywrf_bcsalathe2014']['variable_info']['WINDSPD'] = {'desc': 'Wind Speed',
                                                                 'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm/s'}
  
      """
      Hourly WRF-pnnl - hourly WRF model output by the pnnl
      """
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['spatial_resolution'] = '1/16-degree'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['web_protocol'] = 'http'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['domain'] = 'cses.washington.edu/'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['subdomain'] = '/rocinante/WRF/PNNL_NARR_6km/{year}/'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['decision_steps'] = ''
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['filename_structure'] = 'data.{year}-{month}-{day}.nc'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['file_format'] = 'NetCDF'
  
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['reference'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['reference'][1] = 'Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2018'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['reference'][2] = 'http://cses.washington.edu//rocinante/WRF/PNNL_NARR_6km/README'
  
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['start_date'] = '1980-10-01'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['end_date'] = '2015-12-31'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['temporal_resolution'] = 'H'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['delimiter'] = '\\s+'
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_list'] = ['T2', 'Q2', 'PSFC', 'GLW', 'SWDOWN', 'U10', 'V10', 'PREC_ACC_NC', 'SNOW_ACC_NC']
  
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['T2'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['T2'] = {'desc': 'air temperature at 2m',
                                                    'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'K'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['Q2'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['Q2'] = {'desc': 'QV, mixing ratio (ratio of mass water vapor to mass dry air) at 2m',
                                                    'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'kg*kg^-1'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['PSFC'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['PSFC'] = {'desc': 'surface air pressure',
                                                      'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'Pa'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['GLW'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['GLW'] = {'desc': 'downward long wave flux at ground surface',
                                                     'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W*m^-2'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['SWDOWN'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['SWDOWN'] = {'desc': 'downward short wave flux at ground surface',
                                                        'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'W*m^-2'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['U10'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['U10'] = {'desc': 'wind, u (west(+)-east(-)) component at 10m',
                                                     'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm*s^-1'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['V10'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['V10'] = {'desc': 'wind, v (north(+)-south(-)) component, at 10m',
                                                     'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'm*s^-1'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['PREC_ACC_NC'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['PREC_ACC_NC'] = {'desc': 'grid scale precipitation',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['SNOW_ACC_NC'] = {}
      tmp['hourlywrf_pnnl']['variable_info']['SNOW_ACC_NC'] = {'desc': 'snow water equivalent',
                                                             'dtypes': 'float64', 'units': 'mm'}
  
      return(tmp)
  