netcdf files/d551000/coastal-stns-Vol-monthly.updated-oct2007.nc {
  dimensions:
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (1284 currently)
    station = 925;
    chars = 30;
    time_1800 = 2412;
    station_1800 = 11;
  variables:
    int time(time=1284);
      :units = "unitless";
      :long_name = "time as YYYYMM";
      :_FillValue = -999; // int

    int station(station=925);
      :long_name = "station index";
      :units = "unitless";
      :_FillValue = -999; // int

    int chars(chars=30);
      :long_name = "maximum characters";

    int id(station=925);
      :long_name = "station id";

    float lon(station=925);
      :long_name = "station longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    float lat(station=925);
      :long_name = "station latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    float lon_mou(station=925);
      :long_name = "river mouth longitude";
      :units = "degrees_east";

    float lat_mou(station=925);
      :long_name = "river mouth latitude";
      :units = "degrees_north";

    float area_stn(station=925);
      :long_name = "drainage areas at station";
      :units = "km2";

    float area_mou(station=925);
      :units = "km2";
      :long_name = "drainage area at river mouth";

    float vol_stn(station=925);
      :long_name = "annual volume at station";
      :units = "km3/yr";
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float

    float ratio_m2s(station=925);
      :long_name = "ratio of volume between river mouth and station";
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float

    float xnyr(station=925);
      :long_name = "total record years at station";
      :units = "years";
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float

    int yrb(station=925);
      :long_name = "begining record year at station";
      :_FillValue = -999; // int

    int yre(station=925);
      :long_name = "ending record year at station";
      :_FillValue = -999; // int

    float elev(station=925);
      :long_name = "elevation at station";
      :units = "m";
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float

    char ct_name(station=925, chars=30);
      :long_name = "country of station";
      :_FillValue = "";

    char cn_name(station=925, chars=30);
      :long_name = "continent of station";
      :_FillValue = "";

    char riv_name(station=925, chars=30);
      :long_name = "river name";
      :_FillValue = "";

    char ocn_name(station=925, chars=30);
      :long_name = "ocean name of river discharge";
      :_FillValue = "";

    char stn_name(station=925, chars=30);
      :long_name = "station name";
      :_FillValue = "";

    float FLOW(time=1284, station=925);
      :long_name = "monthly mean volume at station";
      :units = "m3/s";
      :_FillValue = -999.0f; // float

    int time_1800(time_1800=2412);
      :units = "months since 1800 01";
      :long_name = "date as YYYYMM";

    int station_1800(station_1800=11);
      :long_name = "coastal station by vol. since 1800";
      :units = "stations from 0-10";

    int index_id_1800(station_1800=11);
      :long_name = "id index for station since 1800";
      :_FillValue = -999; // int

    float FLOW_1800(time_1800=2412, station_1800=11);
      :_FillValue = -99999.0f; // float
      :long_name = "monthly mean volume at station since 1800";
      :units = "m3/s";

  // global attributes:
  :creation_date = "Fri Apr 21 14:52:14 MDT 2006 by tqian";
  :Conventions = "NCAR";
  :source_file = "coastal-stns-Vol-monthly.nc + grdc.2004 Updates (Note: 4 Changjiang, 14 Ganges, 16 St Lawrence, 17 Amur, 19 Mackenzie, 23 Uruguay, 24 Yukon, 26 Danube, 27 Niger, 32 Nelson, 35 Kolyma, 44 Maroni, 52 Benue, 96 Saint John, 97 Olenek, 101 Manicouagan, 178 Fitzroy-QX, 192 Guadalquivir use upstream/downstream stations with longer record to merge. Vstation = Vupstream*ratio, where the ratio is the monthly climatological streamflow ratio between the two stations within the common period)";
  :title = "Monthly streamflow from downstream stations for World\'s 925 ocean-reaching rivers. Created by Aiguo Dai/NCAR (adai@ucar.edu). Refs.: Dai,  A., and K. E. Trenberth,  2002: Estimates of freshwater discharge from continents: Latitudinal and seasonal variations. J. Hydrometeorol., 3, 660-687; and Dai, A., T. Qian,  K. E. Trenberth, and J. D Milliman, 2008: Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1949-2004. J. Climate, submitted.";
  :history = "Tue Sep  2 10:17:08 2008: ncatted -O -a long_name,area_mou,o,c,drainage area at river mouth coastal-stns-Vol-monthly.updated-oct2007.nc\nWed Jun 25 13:06:44 2008: ncatted -O -a title,global,o,c,Monthly streamflow from downstream stations for World\'s 925 ocean-reaching rivers. Created by Aiguo Dai/NCAR (adai@ucar.edu). Refs.: Dai,  A., and K. E. Trenberth,  2002: Estimates of freshwater discharge from continents: Latitudinal and seasonal variations. J. Hydrometeorol., 3, 660-687; and Dai, A., T. Qian,  K. E. Trenberth, and J. D Milliman, 2008: Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1949-2004. J. Climate, submitted. coastal-stns-Vol-monthly.updated-oct2007v2.nc";
}