netcdf files/d625001/anl_snow25/anl_snow25.199606.nc {
  dimensions:
    lon = 144;
    lat = 73;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1 currently)
  variables:
    float lon(lon=144);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    float lat(lat=73);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    double time(time=1);
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1950-1-1 0:0:0";
      :calendar = "gregorian";

    double utc_date(time=1);
      :long_name = "UTC date yyyy-mm-dd hh:00:00 as yyyymmddhh";
      :units = "Gregorian_year month day hour";

    float SNOWD_SFC(time=1, lat=73, lon=144);
      :long_name = "Surface_snow_depth";
      :short_name = "SNOWD_SFC";
      :grib_parameter_code = 66; // int
      :level_indicator = 1; // int
      :level_type = "Ground or water surface";
      :units = "m";
      :jra25_data_category = "anl_snow25";
      :synoptic_temporal_processing = "NA - no synoptic temporal processing (instantaneous)";
      :statistical_processing = "monthly mean";
      :number_in_monthly_mean = 30; // int
      :_FillValue = 9.999E20f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :title = "JRA25 monthly mean snow depth analysis, 2.5 degree";
  :institution = "NCAR-CISL-Data Support Section (DSS)";
  :source = "DSS netCDF version of JRA-25 binary monthly mean file";
  :history = "Thu Mar 20 11:07:01 MDT 2008 -- original netCDF file created";
  :references = "DSS dataset ds625.1 -- http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds625.1";
}