The complete DDS: Dataset { Grid { Array: Byte SST[time = 3][lon = 11][lat = 13]; Maps: Int32 time[3]; Float32 lon[11]; Float32 lat[13]; } SST; } SST_grid; The data: Grid { Array: Byte SST[time = 3][lon = 3][lat = 3]; Maps: Int32 time[3]; Float32 lon[3]; Float32 lat[3]; } SST = { Array: {{{173, 174, 175},{176, 177, 178},{179, 180, 181}},{{182, 183, 184},{185, 186, 187},{188, 189, 190}},{{191, 192, 193},{194, 195, 196},{197, 198, 199}}} Maps: {32, 1024, 32768}, {96, 128, 160}, {64, 51, 38} };