netcdf files/d217001/uT.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (380 currently)
    plev = 11;
    lat = 73;
    lon = 73;
    nv = 2;
  variables:
    int time(time=380);
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "hours since 1958-5-1 0:00:00.0 -0:00";
      :bounds = "timeBounds";

    int plev(plev=11);
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";
      :units = "hPa";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";

    float lat(lat=73);
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :valid_range = -90.0f, 90.0f; // float

    float lon(lon=73);
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :valid_range = -180.0f, 180.0f; // float

    int timeBounds(time=380, nv=2);

    int year_month(time=380);
      :long_name = "year/month as YYYYMM";

    float u_T_covar_mean(time=380, plev=11, lat=73, lon=73);
      :standard_name = "product_of_eastward_wind_and_air_temperature";
      :long_name = "monthly-mean covariance of u-component of the wind and air temperature";
      :units = "m s-1 degC";
      :cell_methods = "time: variance (of available analysis times) time: mean";
      :_FillValue = 1.0E10f; // float
      :comment = "From May 1958 through April 1968, 00z daily grids were used to compute the mean grids.  From May 1968 through January 1975, 00z and 12z daily grids were used to compute the means.  From February 1975 on, 00z, 06z, 12z, and 18z daily grids were used to compute the means.";

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :title = "Global monthly-mean covariance of u-component of the wind and air temperature for May 1958 to December 1989";
  :institution = "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL)";
  :comment = "Original data converted to netCDF format by Bob Dattore of NCAR/SCD/DSS on: 2005-02-09 09:32:53";
  :references = "http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds217.1/";
}