2011 Unidata NetCDF Workshop > Using Groups and NetCDF-4 Types
16.3 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
2011 Unidata NetCDF Workshop > Using Groups and NetCDF-4 Types