netcdf classic (CDF-1) {
dimensions:
	lat = 89 ;
	lev = 1 ;
	lon = 180 ;
	time = 1 ;
// global attributes:
		:Conventions = "CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3" ;
		:metadata_link = "https://doi.org/10.7289/V5T72FNM" ;
		:id = "ersst.v5.192307" ;
		:naming_authority = "gov.noaa.ncei" ;
		:title = "NOAA ERSSTv5 (in situ only)" ;
		:summary = "ERSST.v5 is developped based on v4 after revisions of 8 parameters using updated data sets and advanced knowledge of ERSST analysis" ;
		:institution = "NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI/CCOG" ;
		:creator_name = "Boyin Huang" ;
		:creator_email = "boyin.huang@noaa.gov" ;
		:date_created = "2017-06-30T12:18:00Z" ;
		:date_modified = "2017-06-30T12:18:00Z" ;
		:product_version = "Version 5" ;
		:history = "Fri Jun 30 12:28:33 2017: ncatted -O -a _FillValue,ssta,o,f,-999.0 ssta.nc\nVersion 5 based on Version 4" ;
		:creator_url = "https://www.ncei.noaa.gov" ;
		:license = "No constraints on data access or use" ;
		:time_coverage_start = "1923-07-01T00:00:00Z" ;
		:time_coverage_end = "1923-08-01T00:00:00Z" ;
		:geospatial_lon_min = -1.0 ;
		:geospatial_lon_max = 359.0 ;
		:geospatial_lat_min = -89.0 ;
		:geospatial_lat_max = 89.0 ;
		:geospatial_lat_units = "degrees_north" ;
		:geospatial_lat_resolution = 2.0 ;
		:geospatial_lon_units = "degrees_east" ;
		:geospatial_lon_resolution = 2.0 ;
		:spatial_resolution = "2.0 degree grid" ;
		:cdm_data_type = "Grid" ;
		:processing_level = "NOAA Level 4" ;
		:standard_name_vocabulary = "CF Standard Name Table (v40, 25 January 2017)" ;
		:keywords = "Earth Science > Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Sea Surface Temperature" ;
		:keywords_vocabulary = "NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords" ;
		:project = "NOAA Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST)" ;
		:platform = "Ship and Buoy SSTs from ICOADS R3.0 and NCEP GTS" ;
		:instrument = "Conventional thermometers" ;
		:source = "In situ data: ICOADS R3.0 before 2015, NCEP in situ GTS from 2016 to present, and Argo SST from 1999 to present. Ice data: HadISST2 ice before 2015, and NCEP ice after 2015." ;
		:comment = "SSTs were observed by conventional thermometers in Buckets (in sulated or un-insulated canvas and wooded buckets), Engine Room Intakers, or floats and drifters" ;
		:references = "Huang et al, 2017: Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperatures Version 5 (ERSSTv5): Upgrades, Validations, and Intercomparisons. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0836.1" ;
		:climatology = "Climatology is based on 1971-2000 SST, Xue, Y., T. M. Smith, and R. W. Reynolds, 2003: Interdecadal changes of 30-yr SST normals during 1871.2000. Journal of Climate, 16, 1601-1612." ;
variables:
	double lat(lat) ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
		lat:axis = "Y" ;
		lat:comment = "Uniform grid from -88 to 88 by 2" ;
	double lev(lev) ;
		lev:units = "meters" ;
		lev:long_name = "Depth of sea surface temperature measurements" ;
		lev:standard_name = "depth" ;
		lev:axis = "Z" ;
		lev:positive = "down" ;
		lev:_CoordinateAxisType = "Height" ;
		lev:comment = "Actual measurement depth of in situ sea surface temperature varies from 0.2 to 10 m, but corrected to the nominal depth of buoy at 0.2 m" ;
	double lon(lon) ;
		lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
		lon:axis = "X" ;
		lon:comment = "Uniform grid from 0 to 358 by 2" ;
	float sst(time, lev, lat, lon) ;
		sst:_FillValue = -999.0 ;
		sst:long_name = "Extended reconstructed sea surface temperature" ;
		sst:standard_name = "sea_surface_temperature" ;
		sst:units = "degree_C" ;
		sst:add_offset = 0.0 ;
		sst:scale_factor = 1.0 ;
		sst:valid_min = -3.0 ;
		sst:valid_max = 45.0 ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Start time of month" ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
		time:axis = "T" ;
		time:delta_t = "0000-01-00" ;
		time:avg_period = "0000-01-00" ;
		time:calendar = "360_day" ;
		time:units = "minutes since 1923-07-01 00:00" ;
	float ssta(time, lev, lat, lon) ;
		ssta:_FillValue = -999.0 ;
		ssta:long_name = "Extended reconstructed SST anomalies" ;
		ssta:units = "degree_C" ;
		ssta:add_offset = 0.0 ;
		ssta:scale_factor = 1.0 ;
		ssta:valid_min = -12.0 ;
		ssta:valid_max = 12.0 ;
// lat: first -88.0, last 88.0, count 89
// lev: first 0.0, last 0.0, count 1
// lon: first 0.0, last 358.0, count 180
// time: first 0.0, last 0.0, count 1
}