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[netCDFJava #FCJ-539810]: ensemble dimension



> John-
> 
> I understand that there is no CF convention for ensembles, but I have a
> question on writing them through my GrADS IOSP.  I looked at the GFS
> Ensembles on motherlode and that uses a String variable for the ensemble
> coordinate variable.  GrADS has names for each ensemble member so I
> could follow that model.  I looked on the CF site for a discussion and
> the current direction that people were headed but didn't see anything.
> 
> Is using the names as a coordinate variable your recommendation?
> 
> Don
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
> 
> 

any type is fine (i think strings are the best from user pov) , also put 
aatribute

_CoordinateAxisType = "Ensemble"

on the ensemble coordinate variable.

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FCJ-539810
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed


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