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3.13 Variables Versus Attributes
When should you use variables or attributes?

Both netCDF variables and attributes are named, typed containers for values. This leads to the question, when is it appropriate to use a netCDF attribute instead of a netCDF variable to hold a value?

Characteristics of variables:

Characteristics of attributes:

 


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