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------- Forwarded Message >From address@hidden Tue Feb 22 07:59:42 1994 Organization: Harvard University From: address@hidden (Modular Ocean Diagnosis System) Message-Id: <address@hidden> Subject: adopting netCDF Dear Fellows, After a lengthy perusal of several "database management systems" for storing and retrieving our oceanographic data (measurements and model generated) I came across with the netCDF software and discovered that netCDF is just what I was looking for. I think that the UNIDATA group has done a superb job in developing this software. Although I am not expert in using netCDF yet, I have done some reading and done some tests that clearly indicate to me that this is the way to go. We are interdisciplinary modeling group with a lot of experience in ocean data analysis and forecasting. Our Harvard's Generic Ocean Estimation System (GOES) is very complex because it is a multicomponent system that includes our statistical, dynamical, and interdisciplinary (acoustical and biogeochemical/ecosystem) model hierarchy. In addition, we have multipurpose application modules that are use during pre- and post-processing, data assimilation, and data fusion. One of the major attributes of GOES is its portability and its efficiency. We have designed a in house data format to store and retrieve all our data but it have some deficiencies. We have decided to replace it with the netCDF. We have big task ahead in doing so. I will start implementing netCDF one module at the time. Our first module is our Primitive Equation (PE) model and its pre- and post-processing packages. Hernan G. Arango Division of Applied Sciences Harvard University 29 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-3457 (617) 495-5192 FAX HARVARD.OCEAN (OMNET) address@hidden ------- End of Forwarded Message