netcdf files/g/d262000/GFDL_gold/ice.1948-2007.SSH.nc {
  dimensions:
    xt = 360;
    xb = 361;
    yt = 210;
    yb = 211;
    time = UNLIMITED;   // (60 currently)
    nv = 2;
  variables:
    double xt(xt=360);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_E";
      :cartesian_axis = "X";
      :edges = "xb";

    double xb(xb=361);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_E";
      :cartesian_axis = "X";

    double yt(yt=210);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_N";
      :cartesian_axis = "Y";
      :edges = "yb";

    double yb(yb=211);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_N";
      :cartesian_axis = "Y";

    double time(time=60);
      :long_name = "time";
      :units = "days since 1708-01-01 00:00:00";
      :cartesian_axis = "T";
      :calendar_type = "NOLEAP";
      :calendar = "NOLEAP";
      :bounds = "time_bounds";

    double nv(nv=2);
      :long_name = "vertex number";
      :units = "none";
      :cartesian_axis = "N";

    float SSH(time=60, yt=210, xt=360);
      :long_name = "sea surface height";
      :units = "m";
      :missing_value = -1.0E34f; // float
      :cell_methods = "time: mean";
      :time_avg_info = "average_T1,average_T2,average_DT";

    double time_bounds(time=60, nv=2);
      :long_name = "time axis boundaries";
      :units = "days";

    double average_T1(time=60);
      :long_name = "Start time for average period";
      :units = "days since 1708-01-01 00:00:00";

    double average_T2(time=60);
      :long_name = "End time for average period";
      :units = "days since 1708-01-01 00:00:00";

    double average_DT(time=60);
      :long_name = "Length of average period";
      :units = "days";

  // global attributes:
  :NCO = "4.0.3";
  :comment = "FMS time averaging, version 3.0, precision=double";
}