netcdf GLOBALWTDFTP/monthlymeans/EURASIA_WTD_monthlymeans.nc {
  dimensions:
    lat = 9960;
    nv = 2;
    time = 12;
    lon = 23280;
  variables:
    float lat(lat=9960);
      :long_name = "latitude";
      :units = "degrees_N";
      :_ChunkSizes = 9960U; // uint

    short WTD(time=12, lat=9960, lon=23280);
      :long_name = "water table depth";
      :units = "m";
      :scale_factor = 0.015259021896696421; // double
      :add_offset = -499.99237048905167; // double
      :standard_name = "water_table_depth";
      :cell_methods = "time: point time: mean over years";
      :comment = "mean climatology value at the beginning of the month";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1U, 830U, 2117U; // uint

    byte mask(lat=9960, lon=23280);
      :units = "0: out of domain points/no value, 1: domain points";
      :_ChunkSizes = 1245U, 2910U; // uint

    float climatology_bounds(time=12, nv=2);

    float time(time=12);
      :climatology = "climatology_bounds";
      :units = "days since 2004-1-1 00:00";

    float lon(lon=23280);
      :long_name = "longitude";
      :units = "degrees_E";
      :_ChunkSizes = 23280U; // uint

  // global attributes:
  :disclaimer = "These data can be used freely for research purposes provided that the following source is acknowledged: Fan Y, Miguez-Macho G, Jobbágy EG, Jackson RB, Otero-Casal C (2017): Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (40), 10572-10577, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712381114. These data are made available in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE";
  :reference = "Fan Y, Miguez-Macho G, Jobbágy EG, Jackson RB, Otero-Casal C (2017): Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (40), 10572-10577. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1712381114";
  :project = "EartH2Observe";
  :acknowledgment = "The EartH2Observe project has received funding from the European Union\'s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 603608";
  :creator_name = "Gonzalo Miguez-Macho";
  :institution = "Universidade de Santiago de Compostela";
  :email = "gonzalo.miguez@usc.es";
}