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15.4 Possible Uses for Groups
Some possible uses for groups are suggested.
Potential uses for Groups include
- Factoring out common information
- Containers for data within regions, ensembles
- Model metadata
- Organizing a large number of variables
- Providing name spaces for multiple uses of same names for
dimensions, variables, attributes
- Modeling large hierarchies
2008 Unidata NetCDF Workshop for Developers and Data Providers > Using Groups and the New NetCDF-4 Atomic Types