netcdf files/d580007/fvm/publish/fvm.162.r25.L30.nonhydro.interp_latlon.U.nc {
  dimensions:
    lat = 721;
    lon = 1440;
    slat = 720;
    slon = 1440;
    nbnd = 2;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (41 currently)
    lev = 30;
  variables:
    double lat(lat=721);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :axis = "Y";
      :bounds = "lat_bnds";

    double lon(lon=1440);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :axis = "X";
      :bounds = "lon_bnds";

    double slat(slat=720);
      :long_name = "latitude for staggered FV grid";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double slon(slon=1440);
      :long_name = "longitude for staggered FV grid";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    double lat_bnds(lat=721, nbnd=2);
      :long_name = "gridcell latitude interfaces";

    double lon_bnds(lon=1440, nbnd=2);
      :long_name = "gridcell longitude interfaces";

    double gw(lat=721);
      :long_name = "latitude quadrature weights (normalized to sum to 2.0 on global grids)";

    double area(lat=721, lon=1440);
      :long_name = "solid angle subtended by gridcell";
      :standard_name = "cell_area";
      :units = "steradian";
      :cell_methods = "lat, lon: sum";

    float U(time=41, lev=30, lat=721, lon=1440);
      :long_name = "Zonal wind";
      :units = "m/s";
      :standard_name = "eastward_wind";

    float lev(lev=30);
      :units = "m";
      :positive = "up";
      :long_name = "Geometric height";

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :project-id = "DCMIP2016";
  :institude-id = "ECMWF";
  :model-id = "FVM";
  :modeling-realm = "atmos";
  :equation = "nonhydro";
  :experiment-id = "162";
  :frequency = "6h";
  :horizontal_resolution = "r25";
  :levels = "L30";
  :description = "no explicit diffusion";
  :comment = "Contact: christian.kuehnlein@ecmwf.int";
  :variable = "zonal_velocity";
  :grid = "interp_latlon";
}