diff --git a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
index 95bddd21b..431896336 100644
--- a/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
+++ b/config/evaluate/config_zarr2cf.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ variables:
     wg_unit: Pa
     std_unit: Pa
     level_type: sfc
-  tp_imerg:
+  tp_imerg_0:
     var: tp_imerg_0
     long: imerg_total_precipitation
     std: precipitation_amount
diff --git a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/netcdf_parser.py b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/netcdf_parser.py
index 56a487c2f..a0373b520 100644
--- a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/netcdf_parser.py
+++ b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/parsers/netcdf_parser.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def process_sample(
                 continue
 
             result = result.as_xarray().squeeze()
-            if "channel" not in result.indexes: 
+            if "channel" not in result.indexes:
                 result = result.expand_dims("channel")
             result = result.sel(channel=self.channels)
             result = self.reshape(result)
@@ -128,26 +128,30 @@ def reshape(self, data: xr.DataArray) -> xr.Dataset:
         grid_type = self.grid_type
 
         # Original logic
-        var_dict, pl = find_pl(data.channel.values)
+        var_dict = find_pl(data.channel.values)
         data_vars = {}
 
-        for new_var, old_vars in var_dict.items():
-            if len(old_vars) > 1:
+        for new_var, pls in var_dict.items():
+            if pls[0] is not None:
+                old_vars = [f"{new_var}_{p}" for p in pls]
                 data_vars[new_var] = xr.DataArray(
                     data.sel(channel=old_vars).values,
                     dims=["ipoint", "pressure_level"],
+                    coords={"pressure_level": pls},
                 )
             else:
                 data_vars[new_var] = xr.DataArray(
-                    data.sel(channel=old_vars[0]).values,
+                    data.sel(channel=new_var).values,
                     dims=["ipoint"],
                 )
 
         reshaped_dataset = xr.Dataset(data_vars)
         reshaped_dataset = reshaped_dataset.assign_coords(
             ipoint=data.coords["ipoint"],
-            pressure_level=pl,
         )
+        # order using pressure_level coord
+        if "pressure_level" in reshaped_dataset.coords:
+            reshaped_dataset = reshaped_dataset.sortby("pressure_level")
 
         if grid_type == "regular":
             # Use original reshape logic for regular grids
@@ -274,7 +278,7 @@ def add_attrs(self, ds: xr.Dataset) -> xr.Dataset:
         else:
             variables = self._attrs_regular_grid(ds)
 
-        dataset = xr.merge(variables.values())
+        dataset = xr.merge(variables.values(), compat="no_conflicts")
         dataset.attrs = ds.attrs
         return dataset
 
diff --git a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/reshape.py b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/reshape.py
index f32631ea3..74339bdad 100644
--- a/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/reshape.py
+++ b/packages/evaluate/src/weathergen/evaluate/export/reshape.py
@@ -68,18 +68,18 @@ def find_pl(vars: list) -> tuple[dict[str, list[str]], list[int]]:
             List of unique pressure levels found in the variable names.
     """
     var_dict = {}
-    pl = []
     for var in vars:
         match = re.search(r"^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)_(\d+)$", var)
         if match:
             var_name = match.group(1)
             pressure_level = int(match.group(2))
-            pl.append(pressure_level)
-            var_dict.setdefault(var_name, []).append(var)
+            if pressure_level == 0:
+                var_dict.setdefault(var, []).append(None)
+                return var_dict
+            var_dict.setdefault(var_name, []).append(pressure_level)
         else:
-            var_dict.setdefault(var, []).append(var)
-    pl = sorted(set(pl))
-    return var_dict, pl
+            var_dict.setdefault(var, []).append(None)
+    return var_dict
 
 
 class Regridder: