netcdf rain {
dimensions:
	longitude = 1 ;
	latitude = 1 ;
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (7 currently)
	lengthd = 10 ;
variables:
	float longitude(longitude) ;
		longitude:long_name = "longitude" ;
		longitude:units = "degrees_east" ;
	float latitude(latitude) ;
		latitude:long_name = "latitude" ;
		latitude:units = "degrees_north" ;
	float time(time) ;
		time:long_name = "time" ;
		time:units = "days since 1964-12-31" ;
	float time_weights(time) ;
		time_weights:long_name = "number of days per time step" ;
		time_weights:units = "days" ;
	char date(time, lengthd) ;
		date:long_name = "label for each time step" ;
		date:units = "" ;
	float rain(time, latitude, longitude) ;
		rain:long_name = "average rainfall" ;
		rain:units = "mm/day" ;
		rain:missing_value = 9.e+20f ;

// global attributes:
		:title = "daily average rainfalla" ;
		:source = "ibis wdailyd" ;
		:history = " ˜ô_ˇ\177\000\000S≥+" ;
		:calendar = "gregoriann" ;
		:conventions = "NCAR-CSM" ;
data:

 longitude = -50.25 ;

 latitude = -9.75 ;

 time = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ;

 time_weights = 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 ;

 date =
  "0011965",
  "0021965",
  "0031965",
  "0041965",
  "0051965",
  "0061965",
  "0071965" ;

 rain =
  0.3924357,
  0,
  21.47541,
  0,
  36.96732,
  0,
  23.87781 ;
}