diff --git a/tsg_io/readTsgDataNetCDF.m b/tsg_io/readTsgDataNetCDF.m
index 48f56c8e124a853850fd6b6c8668bd20ce3c0285..83cdabdf3ffe6fb8ebc8c32ac3e8e51ce5d723d1 100644
--- a/tsg_io/readTsgDataNetCDF.m
+++ b/tsg_io/readTsgDataNetCDF.m
@@ -166,6 +166,15 @@ tsg.SSPS_WS_QC                = nc{'SSPS_WS_QC'}(:);
 tsg.SSPS_WS_ANALDATE          = nc{'SSPS_WS_ANALDATE'}(:,:);
 tsg.SSPS_WS_BOTTLE            = nc{'SSPS_WS_BOTTLE'}(:,:);
 
+v=var(nc);
+for i=1:length(v)
+  assignin('base',char(ncnames(v{i})),nc{char(ncnames(v{i}))}(:));
+end
+
+a=att(nc);
+for i=1:length(a)
+  assignin('base',char(ncnames(a{i})),nc{char(ncnames(a{i}))}(:));
+end
 
 % Save the data in the application GUI
 % ------------------------------------