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Coordinate mapping functions.
A coordinate mapping function CMF : {dataDimi} → {coordValuej} is a map from the index space of a variable V to a vector of coordinate values.
CF Reduced Grids
CF Reduced Grids are really "ragged arrays", not a 2D regular grid with missing data.