netcdf xy { // simple file with a function of one variable dimensions: x = 10; variables: float x(x); // corrdinate variable float y(x); data: x = 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8; y = 0, 0.25, 1, 4, 6.25, 9, 16, 25, 49, 64; }