netcdf files/g/d262000/FSU-HYCOM2/711_archm.1998_ssh.nc {
  dimensions:
    MT = UNLIMITED;   // (1 currently)
    Y = 382;
    X = 500;
  variables:
    double MT(MT=1);
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1900-12-31 00:00:00";
      :calendar = "gregorian";
      :axis = "T";
      :cell_methods = "mean";
      :cell_extent = 364.5008333809619; // double

    double Date(MT=1);
      :long_name = "date";
      :units = "day as %Y%m%d.%f";
      :C_format = "%13.4f";
      :FORTRAN_format = "(f13.4)";
      :cell_methods = "mean";
      :cell_extent = 364.5008333809619; // double

    int Y(Y=382);
      :point_spacing = "even";
      :axis = "Y";

    int X(X=500);
      :point_spacing = "even";
      :axis = "X";

    float Latitude(Y=382, X=500);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    float Longitude(Y=382, X=500);
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :modulo = "360 degrees";

    float ssh(MT=1, Y=382, X=500);
      :coordinates = "Longitude Latitude Date";
      :standard_name = "sea_surface_elevation";
      :units = "m";
      :_FillValue = 1.2676506E30f; // float
      :valid_range = -1.913442f, 1.3309147f; // float
      :long_name = " sea surf. height  mean [71.1H]";

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :title = "HYCOM GLBt0.72";
  :institution = "Naval Research Laboratory";
  :source = "HYCOM mean archive file";
  :experiment = "71.1";
  :history = "archv2ncdf2d";
}