BELD3_A, BELD3_B, and BELD3_TOT files are I/O API netCDF files that contain gridded BELD3 data. The BELD3 data comprise 230 land use types. Because the I/O API limit on the number of variables in one netCDF file is 120, the gridded BELD3 data is broken up into two files (BELD_A and BELD_B). The BELD_TOT file contains additional information on the BELD3 data for the same grid as the BELD3_A and BELD3_B files. The BELD3_TOT file contains the following variable and description: