netcdf files/g/ds093.1/1987/soilm3.gdas.198701.grb2 {
  dimensions:
    lon = 1152;
    lat = 576;
    time = 744;
    depth_below_surface_layer = 1;
  variables:
    int GaussLatLon_Projection;
      :grid_mapping_name = "latitude_longitude";
      :earth_radius = 6371229.0; // double

    float lat(lat=576);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :gaussian_lats = "true";

    float lon(lon=1152);
      :units = "degrees_east";

    double time(time=744);
      :units = "Hour since 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :long_name = "GRIB forecast or observation time";
      :calendar = "proleptic_gregorian";

    double reftime(time=744);
      :standard_name = "forecast_reference_time";
      :long_name = "GRIB reference time";
      :calendar = "proleptic_gregorian";
      :units = "Hour since 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z";

    float depth_below_surface_layer(depth_below_surface_layer=1);
      :units = "m";
      :long_name = "Depth below land surface";
      :positive = "down";
      :Grib_level_type = 106; // int
      :datum = "land surface";
      :bounds = "depth_below_surface_layer_bounds";

    float depth_below_surface_layer_bounds(depth_below_surface_layer=1, 2);
      :units = "m";
      :long_name = "bounds for depth_below_surface_layer";

    float Volumetric_Soil_Moisture_Content_depth_below_surface_layer(time=744, depth_below_surface_layer=1, lat=576, lon=1152);
      :long_name = "Volumetric Soil Moisture Content @ Depth below land surface layer";
      :units = "Fraction";
      :abbreviation = "SOILW";
      :missing_value = NaNf; // float
      :grid_mapping = "GaussLatLon_Projection";
      :coordinates = "reftime time depth_below_surface_layer lat lon ";
      :Grib_Variable_Id = "VAR_2-0-192_L106_layer";
      :Grib2_Parameter = 2, 0, 192; // int
      :Grib2_Parameter_Discipline = "Land surface products";
      :Grib2_Parameter_Category = "Vegetation/Biomass";
      :Grib2_Parameter_Name = "Volumetric Soil Moisture Content";
      :Grib2_Level_Type = 106; // int
      :Grib2_Level_Desc = "Depth below land surface";
      :Grib2_Generating_Process_Type = "Forecast";
      :Grib2_Statistical_Process_Type = "UnknownStatType--1";

  // global attributes:
  :Originating_or_generating_Center = "US National Weather Service, National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP)";
  :Originating_or_generating_Subcenter = "0";
  :GRIB_table_version = "2,1";
  :Type_of_generating_process = "Forecast";
  :Analysis_or_forecast_generating_process_identifier_defined_by_originating_centre = "Analysis from GDAS (Global Data Assimilation System)";
  :file_format = "GRIB-2";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.6";
  :history = "Read using CDM IOSP GribCollection v3";
  :featureType = "GRID";
}