Rosane- Can you send me the output from ncdump that you tried to get ncgen to read: pr_Amon_GFDL-CM3_rcp85_r1i1p1_200601-201012.cdl Send it directly to address@hidden =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: EGK-683001 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed