netcdf soilw.mon.mean.v2 {
dimensions:
	lat = 360 ;
	lon = 720 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (866 currently)
variables:
	float lat(lat) ;
		lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
		lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
		lat:actual_range = 89.75f, -89.75f ;
		lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
		lat:axis = "Y" ;
		lat:coordinate_defines = "point" ;
	float lon(lon) ;
		lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
		lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
		lon:actual_range = 0.25f, 359.75f ;
		lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;
		lon:axis = "X" ;
		lon:coordinate_defines = "point" ;
	float soilw(time, lat, lon) ;
		soilw:long_name = "Model-Calculated Monthly Mean Soil Moisture" ;
		soilw:missing_value = -9.96921e+36f ;
		soilw:units = "mm" ;
		soilw:valid_range = 0.f, 1000.f ;
		soilw:dataset = "CPC Monthly Soil Moisture" ;
		soilw:var_desc = "Soil Moisture" ;
		soilw:level_desc = "Surface" ;
		soilw:statistic = "Monthly Mean" ;
		soilw:parent_stat = "Other" ;
		soilw:standard_name = "lwe_thickness_of_soil_moisture_content" ;
		soilw:cell_methods = "time: mean (monthly from values)" ;
		soilw:actual_range = 0.f, 9.999318e+29f ;
	double time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "Time" ;
		time:units = "days since 1800-01-01 00:00:0.0" ;
		time:delta_t = "0000-01-00 00:00:00" ;
		time:avg_period = "0000-01-00 00:00:00" ;
		time:standard_name = "time" ;
		time:axis = "T" ;
		time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
		time:coordinate_defines = "start" ;
		time:prev_avg_period = "0000-00-01 00:00:00" ;
		time:actual_range = 54055., 80384. ;

// global attributes:
		:_NCProperties = "version=1|netcdflibversion=4.4.1.1|hdf5libversion=1.10.1" ;
		:Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
		:title = "CPC Soil Moisture" ;
		:institution = "NOAA/ESRL PSD" ;
		:dataset_title = "CPC Soil Moisture" ;
		:history = "Wed Oct 18 15:13:37 2017: ncks -d time,,-2 soilw.mon.mean.x.nc soilw.mon.mean.xx.nc\n",
			"Wed Oct 18 15:12:08 2017: ncks -d time,,-3 soilw.mon.mean.nc soilw.mon.mean.x.nc\n",
			"CPC Soil Moisture\n",
			" Obtained on Nov 2004 from CPC\'s website\n",
			" and written to netCDF by Cathy Smith 12/2004.\n",
			" he CPC Global monthly soil moisture dataset is a 1/2 degree resolution grid from 1948 to the present.\n",
			" The file is written in COARDS and CF compliant netCDF at NOAA ESRL/PSD https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/ \n",
			" Converted to chunked, deflated non-packed NetCDF4 Jul 2014" ;
		:References = "https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cpcsoil.html" ;
		:NCO = "4.6.9" ;
}