diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index 7358b679da0f70ce7ab273a46512c4e533d59dda..d07d607ba32dfcacde27a0b9bdc5791ea7548b2b 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -107,10 +107,21 @@ def create_file(filename, data_dct, ds_list, lon_c, lat_c, time_s, fl_alt_s):
         data = data_dct[ds_name]
         h5f.create_dataset(ds_name, data=data)
 
-    (h5f.create_dataset('longitude', data=lon_c)).attrs.create('units', data='degrees_east')
-    (h5f.create_dataset('latitude', data=lat_c)).attrs.create('units', data='degrees_north')
-    (h5f.create_dataset('time', data=time_s)).attrs.create('units', data='seconds since 1970-1-1 00:00:00')
-    (h5f.create_dataset('icing_altitude', data=fl_alt_s)).attrs.create('units', data='m')
+    lon_ds = h5f.create_dataset('longitude', data=lon_c)
+    lon_ds.dims[0].label = 'time'
+    lon_ds.attrs.create('units', data='degrees_east')
+
+    lat_ds = h5f.create_dataset('latitude', data=lat_c)
+    lat_ds.dims[0].label = 'time'
+    lat_ds.attrs.create('units', data='degrees_north')
+
+    time_ds = h5f.create_dataset('time', data=time_s)
+    time_ds.dims[0].label = 'time'
+    time_ds.attrs.create('units', data='seconds since 1970-1-1 00:00:00')
+
+    ice_alt_ds = h5f.create_dataset('icing_altitude', data=fl_alt_s)
+    ice_alt_ds.dims[0] = 'time'
+    ice_alt_ds.attrs.create('units', data='m')
 
     # copy relevant attributes
     for ds_name in ds_list: