netcdf slp.2015 {
dimensions:
	lat = 73 ;
	lon = 144 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (365 currently)
	nbnds = 2 ;
variables:
	float lat(lat) ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		lat:actual_range = 90.f, -90.f ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
		lat:axis = "Y" ;
		lat:_Storage = "contiguous" ;
		lat:_Endianness = "little" ;
	float lon(lon) ;
		lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:actual_range = 0.f, 357.5f ;
		lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
		lon:axis = "X" ;
		lon:_Storage = "contiguous" ;
		lon:_Endianness = "little" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time" ;
		time:delta_t = "0000-00-01 00:00:00" ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
		time:axis = "T" ;
		time:units = "hours since 1800-01-01 00:00:0.0" ;
		time:avg_period = "0000-00-01 00:00:00" ;
		time:coordinate_defines = "start" ;
		time:actual_range = 1884648., 1893384. ; // "2015-01-01", "2015-12-31"
		time:_Storage = "chunked" ;
		time:_ChunkSizes = 524288 ;
		time:_Endianness = "little" ;
	float slp(time, lat, lon) ;
		slp:long_name = "mean Daily Sea Level Pressure" ;
		slp:units = "Pascals" ;
		slp:precision = 0s ;
		slp:least_significant_digit = -1s ;
		slp:GRIB_id = 2s ;
		slp:GRIB_name = "PRMSL" ;
		slp:var_desc = "Sea Level Pressure" ;
		slp:dataset = "NCEP Reanalysis Daily Averages" ;
		slp:level_desc = "Sea Level" ;
		slp:statistic = "Mean" ;
		slp:parent_stat = "Individual Obs" ;
		slp:missing_value = -9.96921e+36f ;
		slp:valid_range = 87000.f, 115000.f ;
		slp:actual_range = 92865.f, 110642.5f ;
		slp:_Storage = "chunked" ;
		slp:_ChunkSizes = 1, 73, 144 ;
		slp:_DeflateLevel = 2 ;
		slp:_Shuffle = "true" ;
		slp:_Endianness = "little" ;
	double time_bnds(time, nbnds) ;
		time_bnds:_Storage = "chunked" ;
		time_bnds:_ChunkSizes = 1, 2 ;
		time_bnds:_Endianness = "little" ;

// global attributes:
		:Conventions = "COARDS" ;
		:title = "mean daily NMC reanalysis (2014)" ;
		:history = "created 2013/12 by Hoop (netCDF2.3)" ;
		:description = "Data is from NMC initialized reanalysis\n",
			"(4x/day).  It consists of most variables interpolated to\n",
			"pressure surfaces from model (sigma) surfaces." ;
		:platform = "Model" ;
		:References = "http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.ncep.reanalysis.html" ;
		:dataset_title = "NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis 1" ;
		:_Format = "netCDF-4 classic model" ;
}