Question: Is it possible to delete a dimension (and the corresponding data tied
to this dimension) in a netCDF file?
Why? I need to add on raise several existing dimensions in a netCDF file (e.g.
append more data on the end of the array). I would like to read in the current
contents of these dimensions, delete the dimensions from the netCDF file, and
create newer ones. Less attractive possibilities are:
[1] rename the dimensions to something else and create a new dimension with the
old name.
[2] initially create the dimensions so large they "could never be used" and
fill them with garbage.
Idea [2] will probably be violated before the code dries. How big is "so
large"? Idea [1] is interesting, but leaves the possibility of lots of dead
data.
What have other people done?
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