2008 Unidata NetCDF Workshop for Developers and Data Providers > User Defined Types in NetCDF-4
16.7 Uses of Enumerations
What are the uses for enum data?
Potential uses for enumerations
- Alternative for using strings with
flag_values and
flag_meanings attributes for quantities such as soil
type, cloud type, ...
- Improving self-description while keeping data compact
2008 Unidata NetCDF Workshop for Developers and Data Providers > User Defined Types in NetCDF-4