Unfortunately, such "aliasing" is not supported in netcdf-4. My initial thought is that the best you can do is create an attribute that indicates when the best variable is not be used. If you do not write to the best variable, then it should not allocate any significant space in the file. =Dennis Heimbigner Unidata Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZPD-675315 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.
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