netcdf files/d220000/global_clim.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (12 currently)
    plev = 8;
    lat = 36;
    lon = 72;
    nb = 2;
  variables:
    double time(time=12);
      :name = "time";
      :long_name = "Time";
      :standard_name = "time";
      :units = "months since 1956-01-01 00:00:00.0 +0:00";
      :calendar = "standard";
      :climatology = "climatology_bounds";

    double climatology_bounds(time=12, nb=2);

    float plev(plev=8);
      :name = "plev";
      :long_name = "Pressure level";
      :standard_name = "air_pressure";
      :units = "mbar";
      :axis = "Z";
      :positive = "down";

    float lat(lat=36);
      :name = "lat";
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degree_north";
      :valid_range = -87.5f, 87.5f; // float

    float lon(lon=72);
      :name = "lon";
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degree_east";
      :valid_range = 2.5f, 357.5f; // float

    float temp(time=12, plev=8, lat=36, lon=72);
      :name = "temp";
      :long_name = "Temperature";
      :standard_name = "air_temperature";
      :units = "degree_C";
      :_FillValue = -99999.0; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    float std_dev_temp(time=12, plev=8, lat=36, lon=72);
      :name = "std_dev_temp";
      :long_name = "Standard deviation of temperature";
      :units = "degree_C";
      :_FillValue = -99999.0; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: standard_deviation within years time: mean over years";

    float ucomp(time=12, plev=8, lat=36, lon=72);
      :name = "ucomp";
      :long_name = "U-wind component";
      :standard_name = "eastward_wind";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_FillValue = -99999.0; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    float vcomp(time=12, plev=8, lat=36, lon=72);
      :name = "vcomp";
      :long_name = "V-wind component";
      :standard_name = "northward_wind";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_FillValue = -99999.0; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: mean within years time: mean over years";

    float std_dev_wind(time=12, plev=8, lat=36, lon=72);
      :name = "std_dev_wind";
      :long_name = "Standard deviation of wind speed";
      :units = "m/s";
      :_FillValue = -99999.0; // double
      :cell_methods = "time: standard_deviation within years time: mean over years";

  // global attributes:
  :Conventions = "CF-1.7";
}