netcdf files/d218001/cddb_climatology.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (12 currently)
    plev = 8;
    lat = 73;
    lon = 144;
    nb = 2;
  variables:
    double time(time=12);
      :name = "time";
      :long_name = "Time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "months since 1979-01-01 00:00:00.0 +0:00";
      :calendar = "standard";
      :climatology = "climatology_bounds";

    double climatology_bounds(time=12, nb=2);

    float plev(plev=8);
      :name = "plev";
      :long_name = "Pressure level";
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";
      :units = "mbar";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";

    float lat(lat=73);
      :name = "lat";
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degree_north";
      :valid_range = -90.0f, 90.0f; // float

    float lon(lon=144);
      :name = "lon";
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degree_east";
      :valid_range = 0.0f, 360.0f; // float

    double u(time=12, plev=8, lat=73, lon=144);
      :name = "u";
      :long_name = "u component of the wind";
      :standard_name = "eastward_wind";
      :units = "m/s";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    double v(time=12, plev=8, lat=73, lon=144);
      :name = "v";
      :long_name = "v component of the wind";
      :standard_name = "northward_wind";
      :units = "m/s";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    double T(time=12, plev=8, lat=73, lon=144);
      :name = "T";
      :long_name = "Temperature";
      :standard_name = "air_temperature";
      :units = "degree_K";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    double h(time=12, plev=8, lat=73, lon=144);
      :name = "h";
      :long_name = "Geopotential height";
      :standard_name = "geopotential_height";
      :units = "m";
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.7";
  :Description = "These data are climatologies of monthly means of the NMC final global analysis, which incorporated data from radiosondes, ship and aircraft reports, satellite derived cloud vector winds, etc., and that were assimilated using the optimum interpolation analysis method (Kistler and Parrish, Mon. Wea. Rev., Oct., 1982).";
}