Cube78 (blend 3) model output interpolated (and for vectors rotated)
on a 1/4-deg, 90S-90N latitude-longitude grid.

The horizontal output grid is
latitude  = (-90+1/8) : (1/4) :  90
longitude =     (1/8) : (1/4) : 360

There are 50 vertical levels with thicknesses:
 delR   = 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.00, 10.01,
 10.03, 10.11, 10.32, 10.80, 11.76, 13.42, 16.04 , 19.82, 24.85, 
 31.10, 38.42, 46.50, 55.00, 63.50, 71.58, 78.90, 85.15, 90.18, 
 93.96, 96.58, 98.25, 99.25,100.01,101.33,104.56,111.33,122.83,
 139.09,158.94,180.83,203.55,226.50,249.50,272.50,295.50,318.50,
 341.50,364.50,387.50,410.50,433.50,456.50,

The output files are IEEE-big-endian, real*4, direct-access, binary files with
dimensions 1440*720 for 2D fields and 1440*720*50 for 3D fields.  Land is
indicated with -1e10. 2D fields are daily averages and 3D fields are monthly
averages.  Day 1 is January 1, 1992 and month 1 is January 1992.

See matlab/lookat.m for examples of reading and ploting.  The rotation and
interpolation was done using matlab/mk_cube_weigths_quart.m and
matlab/interp_to_quart.m

THETA  potential temperature (deg C)
SALT   salinity (PSU)
PHIBOT bottom pressure (m^2/S^2; multiply by 1027.5 kg/m^3 to convert to Pa)
SSH    sea surface height (m)
VVEL   meridional velocity (m/s)
UVEL   zonal velocity (m/s)
SST	sea surface temperature (deg C)
KPPmld	Mixed layer depth, dT=.8degC density criterion (m)

They can be retrieved both in FTP way and OPENDAP way.
The OPENdap entrance is
http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/ecco2/data1/cube/cube78/lat_lon/quart_90S_90N/contents.html
To get a small subset of the data (say SST.nc/SST.1440x720.day0004.nc), in MATLAB launch
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url='http://dods.jpl.nasa.gov/opendap/ecco2/data1/cube/cube78/lat_lon/quart_90S_90N/SST.nc/SST.1440x720.day0004.nc';
%loaddap([url,'?SST[0 0][lat_start:lat_stride:lat_end][lon_start:lon_stride:lon_end]']);
%where the index of lat_start:lat_stride:lat_end for latitude range and 
%lon*** for longitude range, for example
loaddap([url,'?SST[0:0][300:500][1000:1200]']);
%then you get SST structure variable in MATLAB workplace, have a look
sst=SST.SST;
sst(sst<-1e5)=nan;
pcolor(SST.LONGITUDE_T,SST.LATITUDE_T,sst)
shading flat
colorbar
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The ftp entrance is
ftp://ecco2.jpl.nasa.gov/data1/cube/cube78/lat_lon/quart_90S_90N/ or
http://ecco2.jpl.nasa.gov/data1/cube/cube78/lat_lon/quart_90S_90N/