This file is intended to serve as a template for stand-alone
  documentation files that accompany each data file in
  the /fs/cgd/csm/inputdata and /fs/cgd/csm/mapping directories.
  All entries must be completed.  The items in square brackets []
  should be replaced with your documentation.
 
 
1.  summary:
    [a concise summary of the dataset contents]

2.  created by:
    [name of dataset creator]
 
3.  date and time:
    [creation date & time]

4.  platform:   
    [name of the computer on which the data file was created]
 
5.  dataset format: 
    [ieeer8, ieeei4, nc, ascii, ieeemx]
 
6.  endian:
    [if ieee, big endian or little endian? otherwise, N/A]
 
7.  archival copy location:
    [/CCSM/inputdata/$must_match_filepath/$filename... or /CCSM/mapping/...]
                    
    [be sure to use a write password, but shouldn't be recorded]
 
8.  creation details:
    [complete desciption of how dataset was created -- see item 10. also]
 
9.  derived from:
    [names of any datasets used to create this file]
 
10. code, scripts, namelists, etc, used to create this file:
    [provide all code,scripts, namelists, etc used to create this file, 
    or a reference to an archival copy of these codes, scripts, input, etc]