netcdf files/g/d314000/fixed/elevation.nc {
  dimensions:
    longitude = 360;
    latitude = 180;
    z = 1;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1 currently)
  variables:
    float longitude(longitude=360);
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :point_spacing = "even";
      :modulo = " ";

    float latitude(latitude=180);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :point_spacing = "even";

    float z(z=1);
      :units = "level";
      :positive = "up";

    float time(time=1);
      :units = "days since 2001-01-01 00:00:00";
      :time_origin = "01-JAN-2001:00:00:00";

    float elevation(time=1, z=1, latitude=180, longitude=360);
      :source = "ISLSCP";
      :name = "elevation";
      :title = "ISLSCP land surface elevation";
      :date = "01/01/01";
      :time = "00:00";
      :long_name = "land surface elevation";
      :units = "m";
      :missing_value = 2.0E20f; // float
      :_FillValue = 2.0E20f; // float
      :valid_min = -40.98f; // float
      :valid_max = 5423.67f; // float

  // global attributes:
  :history = "Fri May 29 15:18:38 EDT 2009: created by JS using convert_elev2alma.sh";
  :title = "ISLSCP elevation data";
  :institution = "ISLSCP";
  :contact = "Justin Sheffield (justin@princeton.edu)";
  :source = "ISLSCP 1.0 degree elevation data (Hall, Forrest G., G. Collatz, S. Los, E. Brown de Colstoun, D. Landis, eds. ISLSCP Initiative II. NASA. DVD/CD-ROM. NASA, 2005.)";
  :comment = "This is the elevation dataset used in the development of the Princeton University Hydroclimatology Group Bias Corrected Meteorological Forcing Dataset (Sheffield et al., J. Climate, 2006)";
}