netcdf sgpg12profB1.a1.20060626.005717 {
dimensions:
	time = UNLIMITED ; // (20 currently)
	nlayers = 22 ;
variables:
	int base_time ;
		base_time:string = "25-Jun-2006,23:57:17 GMT" ;
		base_time:long_name = "Base time in Epoch" ;
		base_time:units = "seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00" ;
	double time_offset(time) ;
		time_offset:long_name = "Time offset from base_time" ;
		time_offset:units = "seconds since 2006-06-25 23:57:17 0:00" ;
	float temp(time, nlayers) ;
		temp:long_name = "Temperature" ;
		temp:units = "K" ;
	float dew_pt(time, nlayers) ;
		dew_pt:long_name = "Dew Point Temperature" ;
		dew_pt:units = "K" ;
	float pressure(time, nlayers) ;
		pressure:long_name = "Pressure" ;
		pressure:units = "mb" ;
	float altitude(time, nlayers) ;
		altitude:long_name = "Altitude" ;
		altitude:units = "m msl" ;
		altitude:explanation_of_altitude = "Altitude of layer in the profile" ;
	float ret_type(time, nlayers) ;
		ret_type:long_name = "Retrieval Type" ;
		ret_type:units = "unitless" ;
		ret_type:explanation_of_ret_type_21 = "Retrieval taken on a clear day" ;
		ret_type:explanation_of_ret_type_23 = "Retrieval taken when low clouds were present" ;
	float lat(time) ;
		lat:long_name = "north latitude" ;
		lat:units = "degrees" ;
		lat:valid_min = -90.f ;
		lat:valid_max = 90.f ;
	float lon(time) ;
		lon:long_name = "east longitude" ;
		lon:units = "degrees" ;
		lon:valid_min = -180.f ;
		lon:valid_max = 180.f ;
	float alt(time) ;
		alt:long_name = "altitude" ;
		alt:units = "meters above Mean Sea Level" ;

// global attributes:
		:Date = "Thu Jun 29 22:27:34 2006" ;
		:Version = "$State: process-ingest-goeswater-1.6-0 $" ;
		:Command_Line = "goeswater -i 20060626 -g 12" ;
		:Input_Platforms = "none; ingest from external file" ;
		:BW_Version = "Working_4_1" ;
		:Ingest_Description = "Profiles of temperature and dew point retrieved from GOES Satellite by CIMSS/U. of Wisconsin" ;
		:Latitude_description = "North latitude of retrieval during each reading" ;
		:Longitude_description = "West longitude of retrieval during each reading" ;
		:missing_value = "-9999.0" ;
		:Missing_value_description = "If the real surface pressure is below 1000mb, then the 1000mb point is below the Earth\'s surface, so no reading is taken.  However, the 1000mb level is included because it is a standard GOES retrieval level in the forward model." ;
		:Instrument_Description_70 = "Goes8 Sounder" ;
		:Instrument_Description_71 = "Goes8 Imager" ;
		:Instrument_Description_72 = "Goes9 Sounder" ;
		:Instrument_Description_73 = "Goes9 Imager" ;
		:zeb_platform = "sgpg12profB1.a1" ;
		:history = "created by user dsmgr on machine fore at 29-Jun-2006,22:27:34, using $State: ds-zebra-zeblib-4.10-0 $" ;
}