The complete DDS: Dataset { Grid { Array: Byte SST[lon = 11][lat = 13]; Maps: Float32 lon[11]; Float32 lat[13]; } SST; } SST_grid; The data: Grid { Array: Byte SST[lon = 3][lat = 3]; Maps: Float32 lon[3]; Float32 lat[3]; } SST = { Array: {{170, 171, 172},{183, 184, 185},{196, 197, 198}} Maps: {96, 128, 160}, {64, 51, 38} };