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Hi Russ,
> I wrote:
>
> > Currently, each netCDF dimension must have a unique name. There are
> > several reasons for this:
> ...
> > 4. To distinguish between dimensions that happen to have the same
> > length but that are intended to represent distinct dimensions.
> > If two variable's dimensions are not related, we recommend
> > creating separate dimensions for them, even if they happen to
> > have the same length.
>
> In rereading this after I posted it, I realize it's not really a valid
> reason to require names for dimensions. Distinct anonymous dimensions
> that happen to have the same length are still distinct and presumably
> distinguishable ...
Yup. :-)
Quincey
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