[netcdf-java] Creating unlimited dimension

[Jeff Van Dorn]

Hi Chris,

I believe you need to do something like:

Dimension timedim = ncout.addUnlimitedDimension("time");

See the last example at:

http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/tutorial/ 
NetcdfWriteable.html

Hope that helps,
Jeff


On May 6, 2008, at 5:30 PM, Christopher.Moore at noaa.gov wrote:

>
> I'm trying upgrade to netcdf 2.2.22... I used to create a netcdf  
> file with
> unlimited time dimension using:
>
>          Dimension timedim = ncout.addDimension("TIME",-1);
>
> but now I try,
>
>          Dimension londim = ncout.addDimension("LON", isize);
>          Dimension latdim = ncout.addDimension("LAT", jsize);
>          Dimension timedim = ncout.addDimension("TIME", 0, true,  
> true, true);
>          Dimension[] dim3 = new Dimension[] {timedim,latdim,londim};
>          ncout.addVariable(varName[varNum], float.class, dim3);
>
>
> and I get:
>
> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown dimension can only be  
> used in 1 dim
> array
>          at ucar.nc2.Variable.setDimensions(Variable.java:1137)
>          at
> ucar.nc2.NetcdfFileWriteable.addVariable(NetcdfFileWriteable.java:335)
>          at
> ucar.nc2.NetcdfFileWriteable.addVariable(NetcdfFileWriteable.java:279)
>          at
> gov.noaa.tsunami.cmi.LinCombModule.downloadFile(LinCombModule.java: 
> 325)
>
> Any ideas?  I can't find a simple example for creating with unlimited
> dimension...
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
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