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-title: Meaned Model Level Air Temperature Spatial Plot
-description: |
-  Extracts out the instantaneous model level air temperature from a file and writes it
-  to a new one.
-
-steps:
-  - operator: read.read_cubes
-    constraint:
-      operator: constraints.generate_var_constraint
-      varname: air_temperature
-
-  - operator: filters.filter_cubes
-    constraint:
-      operator: constraints.combine_constraints
-      varname_constraint:
-        operator: constraints.generate_var_constraint
-        varname: air_temperature
-      model_level_number_constraint:
-        operator: constraints.generate_model_level_constraint
-        model_level_number: 2
-      cell_methods_constraint:
-        operator: constraints.generate_cell_methods_constraint
-        cell_methods: []
-
-  - operator: collapse.collapse
-    coordinate: time
-    method: MEAN
-
-  - operator: plot.spatial_contour_plot
-    file_path: CSET_OUTPUT_PATH
-
-  - operator: write.write_cube_to_nc
-    file_path: CSET_OUTPUT_PATH