netcdf sst.mnmean {
dimensions:
	lon = 180 ;
	lat = 89 ;
	nbnds = 2 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (1943 currently)
variables:
	float lat(lat) ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:actual_range = 88.f, -88.f ;
		lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
		lat:axis = "Y" ;
		lat:coordinate_defines = "center" ;
	float lon(lon) ;
		lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:actual_range = 0.f, 358.f ;
		lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
		lon:axis = "X" ;
		lon:coordinate_defines = "center" ;
	double time_bnds(time, nbnds) ;
		time_bnds:long_name = "Time Boundaries" ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:units = "days since 1800-1-1 00:00:00" ;
		time:long_name = "Time" ;
		time:delta_t = "0000-01-00 00:00:00" ;
		time:avg_period = "0000-01-00 00:00:00" ;
		time:prev_avg_period = "0000-00-07 00:00:00" ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
		time:axis = "T" ;
		time:actual_range = 19723., 78831. ;
	float sst(time, lat, lon) ;
		sst:long_name = "Monthly Means of Sea Surface Temperature" ;
		sst:units = "degC" ;
		sst:precision = 2s ;
		sst:least_significant_digit = 1s ;
		sst:var_desc = "Sea Surface Temperature" ;
		sst:dataset = "NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3b" ;
		sst:level_desc = "Surface" ;
		sst:statistic = "Mean" ;
		sst:parent_stat = "Mean" ;
		sst:missing_value = -9.96921e+36f ;
		sst:actual_range = -1.8f, 33.95f ;
		sst:valid_range = -5.f, 40.f ;

// global attributes:
		:title = "NOAA Extended Reconstructed SST V3b" ;
		:Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
		:history = "Thu Jul  1 14:03:49 2010: ncatted -O -a _FillValue,sst,o,s,32767 sst.mnmean.v3b.nc\n",
			"created 09/2007 by CAS" ;
		:comments = "The extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (ERSST)\n",
			"was constructed using the most recently available \n",
			"Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS) SST data \n",
			"and improved statistical methods that allow stable \n",
			"reconstruction using sparse data.\n",
			"Currently, ERSST version 2 (ERSST.v2) and version 3 (ERSST.v3) and ERSST.v3b) are available from NCDC.\n",
			"ERSST.v3b is an improved extended reconstruction over version 2.\n",
			" but with no satellite data " ;
		:platform = "Model" ;
		:source = "NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center" ;
		:institution = "NOAA/NESDIS/National Climatic Data Center" ;
		:citation = "Smith, T.M., R.W. Reynolds, Thomas C. Peterson, and Jay Lawrimore 2007: Improvements to NOAA\'s Historical Merged Land-Ocean Surface Temperature Analysis (1880-2006). In press. Journal of Climate (ERSSTV3).\n",
			"Smith, T.M., and R.W. Reynolds, 2003: Extended Reconstruction of Global Sea Surface Temperatures Based on COADS Data (1854-1997). Journal of Climate, 16, 1495-1510. ERSSTV1\n",
			" Smith, T.M., and R.W. Reynolds, 2004: Improved Extended Reconstruction of SST (1854-1997). Journal of Climate, 17, 2466-2477." ;
		:References = "http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/sst/ersstv3.php\n",
			"http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.noaa.ersst.html" ;
}