2012 Unidata NetCDF Workshop > Chunking and Deflating Data with NetCDF-4
19.8 Contiguous Variables
A contiguous variable is stored as one long array in the file.
- Only works for fixed-sized datasets (those without any unlimited
dimensions.)
- You can't use compression or other filters with contiguous data.
- Use this for smallish variables, like coordinate variables.
- This is the default storage for fixed-sized variables with no
filters.
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