Sample ncdump of an APE file containing "global time-series" (GT):


netcdf NCAR-03a_GT_peaked.nc{
dimensions:
        time = UNLIMITED ; // (1095 currently)
        bnd = 2 ;    // number of coordinate bounds
variables:
        double time(time) ;
                time:standard_name = "time" ;
                time:units = "days since 0-01-01" ;
                time:calendar = "noleap" ;
                time:bounds = "time_bnds" ;
        double time_bnds(time, bnd) ;
                time_bnds:ape_name = "time interval endpoints" ;
        float gt_sw_toai(time) ;
                gt_sw_toai:units = "W m-2" ;
                gt_sw_toai:ape_name = "toa_incoming_shortwave_flux" ;
		gt_sw_toai:cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 15 minutes) longitude: latitude: mean (area-weighted)" ;
                gt_sw_toai:_FillValue = "1.e+20" ;
        float gt_ps(time) ;
                gt_ps:units = "Pa" ;
                gt_ps:ape_name = "surface_air_pressure" ;
		gt_ps:cell_methods = "time: mean (interval: 6 hours) longitude: latitude: mean (area-weighted)" ;
                gt_ps:_FillValue = "1.e+20" ;
      .
      .
      .

// global attributes:
                :title = "Aqua Planet: Global Time-Series from 'peaked' Experiment" ;
		:institution = "National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA" ;
                :source = "CAM (cam2_0_brnchT_itea_2)" ;
                :Conventions = "CF-1.0" ;
                :history = "Original data produced: 2002/08/20 23:04:56 via F90,v 1.26.2.15.10.3; area-weighted global means calculated for APE GT standard output" ;
data:

 time = 182, 183, 184, ....  1275, 1276 ;

 time_bnds =
  181, 182,
  182, 183,
  183, 184,
      .
      .
      .
  1274, 1275,
  1275, 1276 ;

}