Due to the current gap in continued funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program Center has temporarily paused most operations. See NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations for details.
Due to the current gap in continued funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the NSF Unidata Program Center has temporarily paused most operations. See NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations for details.
I recently tried to read an OCCAM HDF5 file with the NetCDF Java library. While I was able to read it, it didn't look like a regular NetCDF file in that there were no global dimensions but each variable had its own distinct set of nameless dimensions. Subsequent reading suggests this is a general difference between NetCDF-3 and HDF5, the lack of global dimensions. This brings up the following questions: Should the NetCDF Java library be trying to synthesize valid dimensions using attribute information? If the NetCDF-4 library is based on HDF-5 (assuming one enables that feature), does this imply that entire concept of named dimensions is being discarded from NetCDF? What would be the effect on conventions such as CF and COARDS? Eric. ********************************************** Eric Davies, M.Sc. Barrodale Computing Services Ltd. Tel: (250) 472-4372 Fax: (250) 472-4373 Web: http://www.barrodale.com Email: eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ********************************************** Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3075 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3W2 Shipping Address: Hut R, McKenzie Avenue University of Victoria Victoria BC Canada V8W 3W2 **********************************************
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