netcdf files/d541001/anom_90.93/data/cloud.nc2 {
  dimensions:
    mon = 12;
    npoint = 42164;
    nyrs = UNLIMITED;   // (4 currently)
  variables:
    short mon(mon=12);
      :long_name = "month";

    short year(nyrs=4);

    short lat(npoint=42164);
      :long_name = "latitude of nth point";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :add_offset = -90.5f; // float
      :valid_range = 1S, 180S; // short

    short lon(npoint=42164);
      :long_name = "longitude of nth point";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :add_offset = -0.5f; // float
      :valid_range = 1S, 360S; // short

    short anom(nyrs=4, mon=12, npoint=42164);
      :long_name = "anomalies from 1945-89 monthly climatology";
      :units = "percent/100.";
      :scale_factor = 1.0E-4f; // float
      :add_offset = 0.0f; // float
      :valid_range = -16220S, 9706S; // short

  // global attributes:
  :source = "University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee extended Version 1.06 of 02/11/93";
  :title = "fractional cloudiness$";
}