6.4 NetCDF-4 Atomic Types
NetCDF-4 files support all of the atomic data types from netCDF-3,
plus additional unsigned integer types, 64-bit integer types, and a
string type.
| Type | C #define | Bits
|
| byte
| NC_BYTE
| 8
|
| unsigned byte
| NC_UBYTE^
| 8
|
| char
| NC_CHAR
| 8
|
| short
| NC_SHORT
| 16
|
| unsigned short
| NC_USHORT^
| 16
|
| int
| NC_INT
| 32
|
| unsigned int
| NC_UINT^
| 32
|
| unsigned long long
| NC_UINT64^
| 64
|
| long long
| NC_INT64^
| 64
|
| float
| NC_FLOAT
| 32
|
| double
| NC_DOUBLE
| 64
|
| char **
| NC_STRING^
| string length + 1
|
^This type was introduced in netCDF-4, and is not supported in netCDF
classic or 64-bit offset format files, or in netCDF-4 files if they
are created with the NC_CLASSIC_MODEL flags.
