nly for testing purposes.
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    Handling domain edges
 
    If the NetCDF file spans 360 degrees of longitude, the first and last
    longitude are periodically wrapped to provide continuous interpolation.
 
    To prevent the interpolation from failing very near the poles, the
    first and last latitudes are also repeated, provided the last latitude
    is within one latitude spacing interval of the pole. 
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