Sample ncdump of an APE file containing "multiple-level zonal mean fluxes" (MF):


netcdf NCAR-03a_MF_peaked.nc{
dimensions:
        lat = 64 ;
        plev = 17 ;
        bnd = 2 ;    // number of coordinate bounds
variables:
        double lat(lat) ;
                lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;
                lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
                lat:bounds = "lat_bnds" '
	double plev(plev) ;
		plev:standard_name = "air_pressure" ;
		plev:units = "Pa" ;
		plev:axis = "Z" ;
		plev:positive = "down" ;
        double lat_bnds(lat, bnd)
                lat_bnds:ape_name = "latitude cell bounds" ;
        float mf_uu(plev, lat) ;
                mf_uu:units = "m2 s-2" ;
                mf_uu:ape_name = "zonal_wind_variance" ;
		mf_uu:cell_methods = "longitude: variance time: mean (interval: 6 hours comment: averaged over 3-year period following 6-month spin-up)" ;
		mf_uu:_FillValue = 1.e+20 ;
        float mf_vv(plev, lat) ;
                mf_vv:units = "m2 s-2" ;
                mf_vv:ape_name = "meridional_wind_variance" ;
		mf_vv:cell_methods = "longitude: variance time: mean (interval: 6 hours comment: averaged over 3-year period following 6-month spin-up)" ;
		mf_vv:_FillValue = 1.e+20 ;

// global attributes:
                :title = "Aqua Planet: Multiple-Level Zonal Mean Fluxes 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; zonal mean, time-mean fields calculated for APE MF standard output" ;
data:

 plev = 100000, 92500, 85000, 70000, 60000, 50000, 40000, 30000, 25000, 
    20000, 15000, 10000, 7000, 5000, 3000, 2000, 1000 ;

 lat = -87.8638000488281, -85.0965270996094, -82.3129119873047, 
    -79.5256042480469, -76.7369003295898, -73.9475173950195, 
    -71.1577529907227, -68.3677597045898, -65.5776062011719, 
    -62.787353515625, -59.9970207214355, -57.2066307067871, 
    -54.4161987304688, -51.625732421875, -48.8352394104004, 
    -46.0447273254395, -43.2541961669922, -40.4636497497559, 
    -37.6730880737305, -34.8825225830078, -32.0919456481934, 
    -29.3013591766357, -26.5107688903809, -23.7201747894287, 
    -20.9295749664307, -18.1389713287354, -15.3483648300171, 
    -12.5577564239502, -9.76714515686035, -6.97653341293335, 
    -4.18592071533203, -1.39530694484711, 1.39530694484711, 4.18592071533203, 
    6.97653341293335, 9.76714515686035, 12.5577564239502, 15.3483648300171, 
    18.1389713287354, 20.9295749664307, 23.7201747894287, 26.5107688903809, 
    29.3013591766357, 32.0919456481934, 34.8825225830078, 37.6730880737305, 
    40.4636497497559, 43.2541961669922, 46.0447273254395, 48.8352394104004, 
    51.625732421875, 54.4161987304688, 57.2066307067871, 59.9970207214355, 
    62.787353515625, 65.5776062011719, 68.3677597045898, 71.1577529907227, 
    73.9475173950195, 76.7369003295898, 79.5256042480469, 82.3129119873047, 
    85.0965270996094, 87.8638000488281 ;

 lat_bnds =
  -90, -86.577747513234,
  -86.577747513234, -83.757028776316,
  -83.757028776316, -80.9550201945427,
  -80.9550201945427, -78.158347854963,
      .
      .
      .
  80.9550201945427, 83.757028776316,
  83.757028776316, 86.577747513234,
  86.577747513234, 90 ;

}