types: compound wind_vector_t { float eastward ; float northward ; } dimensions: lat = 18 ; lon = 36 ; pres = 15 ; time = 4 ; variables: wind_vector_t gwind(time, pres, lat, lon) ; wind:long_name = "geostrophic wind vector" ; wind:standard_name = "geostrophic_wind_vector" ; data: gwind = {1, -2.5}, {-1, 2}, {20, 10}, {1.5, 1.5}, ...;
types: compound ob_t { int station_id ; double time ; float temperature ; float pressure ; } dimensions: nstations = unlimited ; variables: ob_t obs(nstations) ; data: obs = {42, 0.0, 20.5, 950.0}, ... ;