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Hello: On Oct 31, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Randy Horne wrote: > > > The current CF conventions dictate that quality flags are attached to > specific variables. The implication is that comforming with CF conventions > would require the same quality flags to be stored multiple times in our > NetCDF product files. One observation here: We've seen multiple examples of storing a quality flag variable ONCE in a netCDF file while remaining CF compliant. If the quality flagging is relevant to multiple variables within the netCDF file, why not use a "comment:" attribute in the quality variable to describe exactly which variables the quality flagging is relevant for ? -ed Ed Armstrong JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC 818 519-7607
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