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> Hi John > > Thanks for your quick answer. > > I will wait for the new results. whats the meaning of the "profile index" variable? netcdf D:/work/signell/rt_20090512_willy2.nc { dimensions: time = UNLIMITED; // (53176 currently) variables: int profile_index(time=53176); :long_name = "profile index"; :standard_name = "profile_index"; :units = "ordinal, adimensional"; :FillValue = 9999; // int float time(time=53176); :long_name = "datum time"; :standard_name = "time"; :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00"; float latitude(time=53176); :long_name = "latitude"; :standard_name = "latitude"; :units = "degrees_north"; :valid_min = "-90"; :valid_max = "90"; :FillValue = "9999"; float longitude(time=53176); :long_name = "longitude"; :standard_name = "longitude"; :units = "degrees_east"; :valid_min = "-180"; :valid_max = "180"; :FillValue = "9999"; float pressure(time=53176); :long_name = "pressure"; :standard_name = "sea_water_pressure"; :units = "dbar"; :FillValue = "9999"; float conductivity(time=53176); :long_name = "conductivity"; :standard_name = "sea_water_electrical_conductivity"; :units = "S m-1"; :FillValue = "9999"; float temperature(time=53176); :long_name = "temperature"; :standard_name = "sea_water_temperature"; :units = "celsius"; :FillValue = "9999"; float salinity(time=53176); :long_name = "salinity"; :standard_name = "sea_water_salinity"; :units = "PSU"; :FillValue = "9999"; float altitude(time=53176); :long_name = "depth"; :standard_name = "sea_water_depth"; :units = "-1.0m"; :positive = "down"; :FillValue = "9999"; :title = "SINOCOP-W2"; :type = "Glider data file"; :Conventions = "CF-1.0"; :netcdf_version = "3.6.1"; :creation_date = "2009-05-12 8:36:14"; :references = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es/tmoos/gliders/"; :provider = "CODO (Centro Operacional de Datos Oceanograficos"; :history = "18-May-2009 01:07:19: Content updated with new glider data\n17-May-2009 12:11:31: Content updated with new glider data\n17-May-2009 05:13:30: Content updated with new glider data\n17-May-2009 03:58:29: Content updated with new glider data\n16-May-2009 21:15:19: Content updated with new glider data\n16-May-2009 08:35:34: Content updated with new glider data\n16-May-2009 01:40:30: Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 20:20:16: Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 13:46:16: Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 07:02:16: Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 00:01:29: Content updated with new glider data\n14-May-2009 17:14:29: Content updated with new glider data\n14-May-2009 11:53:29: Content updated with new glider data\n13-May-2009 22:29:17: Content updated with new glider data\n13-May-2009 15:17:27: Content updated with new glider data\n13-May-2009 08:31:17: Content updated with new glider data\n1 2-May-2009 12:50:32: Content updated with new glider data\nGlider data file definition, Version 0.1, MAR 28, 2008"; :summary = "The general objective of this experiment is to study mesoscale and sub-mesoscale processes of a coastal front (such as the Balearic Current) using a multi-sensor observational approach combined with numerical modelling. Observations will include: gliders, drifters, ARGO floats, tide gauge data, standard CTDs together with remote sensing images (altimetry, SST and ocean color). "; :cdm_data_type = "Time-Series"; :data_mode = "R"; :project_name = "SINOCOP/MyOcean"; :pi_name = "Ananda Pascual"; :platform_code = "willy2"; :ptt = "88053"; :trans_system = "IRIDIUM"; :positioning_system = "GPS"; :platform_model = "WEBB SLOCUM"; :platform_maker = "Webb Research Corporation"; :anomaly = "none"; :launch_date = "2009-05-12 08:00:37"; :launch_latitude = "40.131"; :launch_longitude = "2.1922"; :launch_qc = "1"; :start_date = "2009-05-12 08:00:37"; :start_date_qc = "1"; :end_misison_date = "0000-00-00 00:00:00"; :southernmost_latitude = "<decimal degrees North>"; :northernmost_latitude = "<decimal degrees North>"; :westernmost_longitude = "<decimal degrees East>"; :easternmost_longitude = "<decimal degrees East>"; :institution = "IMEDEA"; :institution_reference = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es"; :contact = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es/tmoos/"; :distribution_statement = "Approved for public release. Distribution Unlimited"; :quality_index = "0"; } Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ERN-943149 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Urgent Status: Open