diff --git a/input_data/MIMOC/meta.yaml b/input_data/MIMOC/meta.yaml
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+repo_name: MIMOC
+
+people: Willi Rath (<wrath@geomar.de>)
+
+http_path_remote: https://git.geomar.de/data/MIMOC
+
+git_path_remote: git@git.geomar.de:data/MIMOC.git
+
+repo_description: |
+     A Monthly Isopycnal and Mixed-layer Ocean Climatology. <https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/mimoc/index.html>
+
+prefixes: data doc
+
+data:
+
+    - url: "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/mimoc/"
+      cut_dirs: 2
+      prefix: data
+      accept_files: "*.nc.gz,*.zip"
+      method: !!python/name:data_repo_renderer.WgetRecursive
+
+doc:
+
+    - url: "https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/mimoc/index.html"
+      file_name: www.pmel.noaa.gov_mimoc_index.html
+      prefix: doc
+      method: !!python/name:data_repo_renderer.CurlSingleFile
+
+post_processing:
+
+    - unzip -o -d data/ data/*.zip
+    - gunzip -f -v data/*.nc.gz
+    - util/convert_to_netCDF4_classic.sh
diff --git a/input_data/MIMOC/util/convert_to_netCDF4_classic.sh b/input_data/MIMOC/util/convert_to_netCDF4_classic.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function _conv_to_netcdf4 {
+    infile=$1
+    tmpfile=/tmp/_tmp_`date +%s%N`_`basename ${infile}`
+    nccopy -s -7 -d 1 \
+        -c"SIG/1,LAT/90,LONG/90" \
+        -c"PRES/1,LAT/90,LONG/90" \
+        -c"LAT/90,LONG/90" \
+        ${infile} ${tmpfile}
+    cdo diff ${tmpfile} ${infile} && mv ${tmpfile} ${infile}
+    echo "Converted ${infile} to deflated netCDF4 classic"
+}
+
+export -f _conv_to_netcdf4
+
+find data -type f -name \*.nc -print0 | \
+    xargs -0 -n1 -P8 -I {} bash -c "_conv_to_netcdf4 {}"