Cyndy,
This page summarizes the SMP OCMIP files, and in particular, how to handle the NCAR OCMIP files.
I've made recommendations (these are in blue), but this is just a start - if you come up with better ideas, let me know.
jk

NCAR OCMIP FILES
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW TO DISPLAY THEM VIA SMP LAS

OCMIP FILES FROM ALL 4 SMP OCMIP PARTICIPANTS SHOULD EVENTUALLY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ENTRIES ON THE SMP LAS:

OCMIP II

MIT gcm 2.8 x 2.8 OCMIP (as sister server with MIT?)
NCAR OCMIP2 Abiotic Equilibrium (currently as 'Abiotic' on SMP LAS)
NCAR OCMIP2 Biotic Equilibrium (currently as 'Biotic' on SMP LAS)
NCAR OCMIP2 CFC (currently as 'CFC (82-97)' on SMP LAS)
NCAR OCMIP2 Abiotic Historical (on DODS but not on SMP LAS)
2D monthly
3D monthly
3D annual
NCAR OCMIP2 Abiotic Future (on DODS but not on SMP LAS)
2D monthly
2D annual
3D monthly
3D annual
Princeton (OCN19) OCMIP2 Abiotic  (as sister server with PMEL?)
2d properties
3d properties
advective properties
chemistry properties
flux properties
sc-51_t
tr-51
Princeton (OCN19) OCMIP2 Biotic  (as sister server with PMEL?)
2d physical parameters
2d properties
3d properties
advection properties
chemistry parameters
flux parameters
physical parameters
LLNL OCMIP (not on line anywhere yet)
Below, I've sorted through the various NCAR OCMIP files, and have made recommendations on how to handle them.  I am not familiar with how LAS deals with serving variables across multiple files, but that is how the CFC files are served, and it seems to be the most efficient way to handle the files under IV. and V. below. Check out the details below and see what you think.

I.  ABIOTIC EQUILIBRIUM RUN and
II. BIOTIC EQUILIBRIUM RUN

The output from the Abiotic equilibrium run is in 1 NetCDF file.
The output from the Biotic equilibrium run is in 1 NetCDF file.
NOTE: Both of these are already on the SMP LAS as "NCAR OCMIP2 Abiotic" and "NCAR OCMIP2 Biotic"
Recommendations:  NONE

I. ABIOTIC
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/equil/NCAR_Abiotic_equil.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
DIC  Concentration of DIC  mol/m^3
DIC14  Concentration of DIC14  mol/m^3
Alk  Concentration of Total Alkalinity  eq/m^3
pCO2surf  Surface ocean pCO2  uatm
dpCO2  Delta pCO2  uatm 
F  Mean Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
F14  Mean Gas Flux of DIC14  mol/(m^2*s)
Fv  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
Fv14  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC14  mol/(m^2*s)

II. BIOTIC
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Biotic/NCAR_Biotic_equil.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
PO4  Concentration of PO4  mol/m^3 
DOP  Concentration of DOP  mol/m^3 
O2  Concentration of O2  mol/m^3 
Alk  Concentration of Total Alkalinity  eq/m^3 
DIC  Concentration of DIC  mol/m^3 
pCO2surf  Surface ocean pCO2  uatm 
dpCO2  Delta pCO2  uatm
FgDIC  Mean Gas Flux of CO2  mol/(m^2*s)
FgO2  Mean Gas Flux of O2  mol/(m^2*s) 
FvDIC  Mean Virtual Flux of CO2  mol/(m^2*s) 
FvAlk  Mean Virtual Flux of Total Alkalinity  mol/(m^2*s) 
PnewPOP  Mean Downward Flux of POP at 75 m  mol/(m^2*s) 
PnewDOP  Mean Downward Flux of DOP at 75 m  mol/(m^2*s) 
PnewDOPa  Mean Downward Advective Flux of DOP at 75 m  mol/(m^2*s)
PnewDOPd  Mean Downward Diffusive Flux of DOP at 75 m  mol/(m^2*s)
PnewDOPc  Mean Downward Convective Flux of DOP at 75 m  mol/(m^2*s)

III. CFC OUTPUT
The model output for the CFC and transient Abiotic Carbon runs is split across multiple files. Each run has multiple classes of files and each class of files contains different variables.
NOTE:  The CFC files are already up, but the SurfTS files could be confusing to users, as they do not represent equilibrium conditions.
Recommendations: The Surface T&S files SHOULD NOT BE POSTED YET, at least  until we determine how to warn users about this.
IIIa. CFC
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/CFC/NCAR_CFC_yyyy.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_months as %Y%m.%f
CFC11  CFC-11  mol/m^3
CFC12  CFC-12  mol/m^3
MF_CFC11  Mean Flux of CFC-11 from air to sea  mol/m^2
MF_CFC12  Mean Flux of CFC-12 from air to sea  mol/m^2
CF_CFC11  Cumulative Flux of CFC-11 from air to sea  mol/m^2
CF_CFC12  Cumulative Flux of CFC-12 from air to sea  mol/m^2
* Red variables are not included in the SMP LAS list of variables
IIIb. SurfTS
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/CFC/NCAR_SurfTS_yyyy.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_months as %Y%m.%f
SST  Sea Surface Temperature  degrees C
SSS  Sea Surface Salinity  psu
* Red variables are not included in the SMP LAS list of variables
IV. TRANSIENT ABIOTIC CARBON - ABIOTIC HISTORICAL OUTPUT
The model output for the transient Abiotic Carbon runs is split across multiple files. Each run has multiple classes of files and each class of files contains different variables (0D, 2D, 3D, and 3Da).

NOTE:  These files are tricky because:

  1. The variables are reported for different time intervals (monthly, annual averages) and for different dimensions (see Table)
  2. Unlike the files for Biotic and Abiotic Equilibrium runs above, where multiple years were included in one file, these transient runs include a different file for each year
Recommendations: make these available as 3 different files:
    NCAR_Abiotic_hist_2D.nc
    NCAR_Abiotic_hist_3D.nc
    NCAR_Abiotic_hist_3Da.nc

0D - Zero-dimensional Monthly Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_global_0D.nc
pCO2atm
DC14atm
F
F14
Fv
Fv14
DIC
DIC14
DICs
DIC14s
pCO2surf
dpCO2
DC14s
DC14CF
CF14
CFv
CFv14
Recommendations:  given this file is not a gridded data set, we can't yet make it available on the LAS.
2D - Two Dimensional Monthly Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_2D.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
These have 12 monthly values:
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_mon %Y%m.%f
pCO2surf  Surface ocean pCO2  uatm
dpCO2  Delta pCO2  uatm
F  Mean Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
F14  Mean Gas Flux of DIC14  mol/(m^2*s)
Fv  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
Fv14  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC14  mol/(m^2*s)
DICs  Surface DIC  mol/(m^3)
DC14s  Surface Delta C-14  permil
DICi  Vertical Integral of DIC  mol/m^2
DC14i  Vertical Integral of Delta C-14  permil*m
These have 1 value only:
CF  Cumulative Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2
CF14  Cumulative Gas Flux of DIC14 since 1765  mol/m^2
CFv  Cumulative Virtual Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2
CFv14  Cumulative Virtual Gas Flux of DIC14 since 1765  mol/m^2

3D variables
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_3D.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_mon %Y%m.%f
DIC  Concentration of DIC  mol/m^3
DIC14  Concentration of DIC14  mol/m^3

3Da variables:
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_3Da.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year  calendar_year %Y
DIC  Concentration of DIC  mol/m^3
DIC14  Concentration of DIC14  mol/m^3

V. TRANSIENT ABIOTIC CARBON - ABIOTIC FUTURE (CIS92A) OUTPUT
The model output for the transient Abiotic Carbon runs is split across multiple files. Each run has multiple classes of files and each class of files contains different variables (0D, 2D, 2Da, 3D, and 3Da).

NOTE:  These files are tricky because:

  1. The variables are reported for different time intervals (monthly, annual averages) and for different dimensions (see Table)
  2. Unlike the files for Biotic and Abiotic Equilibrium runs above, where multiple years were included in one file, these transient runs include a different file for each year
Recommendations:  Make these available as 4 different files:
    NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_2D.nc
    NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_2Da.nc
    NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_3D.nc
    NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_3Da.nc

0D - Zero-Dimensional Monthly Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_global_0D.nc
pCO2atm
F
Fv
DIC
DICs
pCO2surf
dpCO2
CF
CFv
Recommendations:  given this file is not a gridded data set, we can't yet make it available on the LAS.

2D - Two-Dimensional Monthly Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_2D.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_mon %Y%m.%f
pCO2surf  Surface ocean pCO2  uatm
dpCO2  Delta pCO2 uatm
F  Mean Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
Fv  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)
DICs  Surface DIC  mol/(m^3)
DICi  Vertical Integral of DIC  mol/m^2
CF  Cumulative Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2
CFv  Cumulative Virtual Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2

Recommend:   presenting these separate files as one, as was done with CFC files on the LAS

2Da - Two-Dimensional Annual Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_2Da.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
These have 12 monthly values:
time  year  calendar_year %Y>/tr>
pCO2surf  Surface ocean pCO2  uatm>/tr>
dpCO2  Delta pCO2  uatm>/tr>
F  Mean Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)>/tr>
Fv  Mean Virtual Gas Flux of DIC  mol/(m^2*s)>/tr>
DICs  Surface DIC  mol/(m^3)>/tr>
DICi  Vertical Integral of DIC  mol/m^2>/tr>
These have 1 value only:
CF  Cumulative Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2>/tr>
CFv  Cumulative Virtual Gas Flux of DIC since 1765  mol/m^2>/tr>

Recommend:   presenting these separate files as one, as was done with CFC files on the LAS

3D - Three-dimensional Monthly Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_3D.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year and seasonal phase  calendar_mon %Y%m.%f
DIC  Surface DIC  mol/(m^3)

Recommend:   presenting these separate files as one, as was done with CFC files on the LAS

3Da - Three-dimensional Annual Mean
http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/dods/nph-dods/oce/OCMIP/Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_3Da.nc
VAR  VARIABLE_LONG_NAME  UNITS
time  year  calendar_year %Y
DIC  Concentration of DIC  mol/m^3

Recommend:   presenting these separate files as one, as was done with CFC files on the LAS

SUMMARY OF YEARS INCLUDED IN THE ABIOTIC HISTORY FILES:
Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_2D.nc
Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_3D.nc
Abiotic/hist/NCAR_Abiotic_hist_yyyy_3Da.nc
yyyy 2D  3D  3Da
1838  x  x  x
1839  x  x
1900  x
1948  x
1949  x
1950  x
1951  x
1952  x
1953  x  x  x
1954  x  x  x
1955  x  x
1956  x  x
1957  x  x  x
1958  x  x
1959  x  x
1960  x  x
1961  x  x
1962  x  x
1963  x  x
1964  x  x
1965  x  x  x
1966  x  x
1967  x  x
1968  x  x
1969  x  x
1970  x  x
1971  x  x
1972  x  x  x
1973  x  x  x
1974  x  x  x
1975  x  x
1976  x  x
1977  x  x  x
1978  x  x  x
1979  x  x
1980  x  x
1981  x  x  x
1982  x  x  x
1983  x  x  x
1984  x  x
1985  x  x  x
1986  x  x  x
1987  x  x  x
1988  x  x  x
1989  x  x  x
1990  x  x
1991  x  x  x
1992  x  x
1993  x  x  x
1994  x  x
1995  x  x  x
1996  x  x
1997  x  x  x
1998  x x
1999  x  x  x
 
SUMMARY OF YEARS INCLUDED IN THE ABIOTIC CIS92A  FILES:
Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_2D.nc
Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_2Da.nc
Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_3D.nc
Abiotic/CIS92A/NCAR_Abiotic_CIS92A_yyyy_3Da.nc
YEAR
2D 
2Da 
3D 
3Da
2000 
x 
x 
x 
x
2010 
 
x 
 
x
2020 
 
x 
 
x
2040 
 
x 
 
x
2060 
 
x 
 
x
2080 
 
x 
 
x
2099 
x 
x 
x 
x