The complete DDS: Dataset { Byte SST[lat = 13][lon = 11]; } SST_Array; The data: Byte SST[lat = 7][lon = 5] = {{36, 37, 38, 39, 40},{47, 48, 49, 50, 51},{58, 59, 60, 61, 62},{69, 70, 71, 72, 73},{80, 81, 82, 83, 84},{91, 92, 93, 94, 95},{102, 103, 104, 105, 106}};