netcdf files/d277000/climatology/sst.ltm.1971-2000.nc {
  dimensions:
    lon = 360;
    lat = 180;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (12 currently)
  variables:
    double time(time=12);
      :units = "days since 1800-01-01 00:00:0.0";
      :long_name = "Time";
      :actual_range = -657073.0, -656739.0; // double
      :delta_t = "0000-01-00 00:00:00";
      :avg_period = "0030-00-00 00:00:00";
      :prev_avg_period = "0000-00-07 00:00:00";
      :ltm_range = 62456.0, 73383.0; // double
      :standard_name = "time";
      :axis = "T";

    float lat(lat=180);
      :units = "degrees_north";
      :long_name = "Latitude";
      :actual_range = 89.0f, -89.0f; // float
      :standard_name = "latitude";
      :axis = "Y";
      :coordinate_defines = "center";

    float lon(lon=360);
      :units = "degrees_east";
      :long_name = "Longitude";
      :actual_range = 1.0f, 359.0f; // float
      :standard_name = "longitude";
      :axis = "X";
      :coordinate_defines = "center";

    short sst(time=12, lat=180, lon=360);
      :long_name = "Long Term Mean of Sea Surface Temperature";
      :unpacked_valid_range = -5.0f, 40.0f; // float
      :actual_range = -1.8350646f, 33.3499f; // float
      :units = "degC";
      :add_offset = 0.0f; // float
      :scale_factor = 0.01f; // float
      :missing_value = 32767S; // short
      :precision = 2S; // short
      :least_significant_digit = 1S; // short
      :var_desc = "Sea Surface Temperature";
      :dataset = "NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2";
      :level_desc = "Surface";
      :statistic = "Long Term Mean";
      :parent_stat = "Mean";
      :valid_range = -500S, 4000S; // short

  // global attributes:
  :title = "NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2";
  :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
  :history = "Created 10/2002 by RHS";
  :comments = "Constructed using the method of Reynolds and Smith (1995).\nThe new climatology was built from two intermediate climatologies:\na 2 degree SST climatology developed from in situ data for the\nperiod 1971-2000, and a 1 degree SST climatology for the period\n1982-2000 derived from the second version optimum interpolation (OI.v2) SST\nanalysis. OI SST V2 data described in  Reynolds, R.W., N.A. Rayner, T.M.\nSmith, D.C. Stokes, and W. Wang, 2002: An Improved In Situ and Satellite\nSST Analysis for Climate, J. Climate";
  :platform = "Model";
  :source = "NCEP Climate Modeling Branch";
  :institution = "National Centers for Environmental Prediction";
  :References = "https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.noaa.oisst.v2.html";
  :dataset_title = "NOAA Optimum Interpolation (OI) SST V2";
  :source_url = "http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/research/cmb/sst_analysis/";
}