Re: 970603: netCDF 3 problem

>To: address@hidden
>From: address@hidden (Chris Webster)
>Subject: netCDF 3 problem.
>Organization: .
>Keywords: 199706032302.RAA03280

Chris,

> We have a file generated with the old interface.  While reading an attribute
> with the new interface, we returned an "incorrect" length of 128, when 4
> was the actual length.
> 
> I have made the file available via anonymous ftp from raf.atd.ucar.edu.
> 
> cd pub
> get a14.cdf
> 
> Any insight would be appreciated.

I grabbed all 17 Mbytes of the file, and ran "ncdump -h" on it, using
the version 3.3 ncdump that was written in terms of only the version 3.3
interfaces (on a SunOS 5.5 platform).  All the attributes looked OK, in
particular the units attributes all appeared to have the intended length
(I've appended the list of units attributes from "ncdump -h a14.cdf |
grep units").  So I'm having trouble duplicating the problem.  Could you
tell me which variable's units attribute appears to have the wrong
length?

Thanks.

--Russ

$ ncdump -h a14.nc  | grep units
                HOUR:units = "hours" ;
                MINUTE:units = "minutes" ;
                SECOND:units = "s" ;
                ATRL:units = "C" ;
                ATRR:units = "C" ;
                ATX:units = "C" ;
                CN3010C:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CN3025C:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CN3760C:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CNTS:units = "cnts" ;
                CO:units = "Vdc" ;
                COCAL:units = "ppb" ;
                COCOR:units = "Vdc" ;
                CONC3_RPO:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CONC6_IBR:units = "N/L" ;
                CONCF_OBR:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CONCN:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CONCP_RPI:units = "N/cm3" ;
                CPCAS_RPI:units = "N/cm3" ;
                COZRO:units = "Vdc" ;
                DBAR3_RPO:units = "uM" ;
                DBAR6_IBR:units = "uM" ;
                DBARF_OBR:units = "uM" ;
                DBARP_RPI:units = "uM" ;
                DPBC:units = "C" ;
                DPTC:units = "C" ;
                DPXC:units = "C" ;
                EDPC:units = "mbar" ;
                FCN:units = "slpm" ;
                FCNC:units = "vlpm" ;
                GLAT:units = "deg" ;
                GLON:units = "deg" ;
                H2O2:units = "ppb" ;
                HGM:units = "M" ;
                IRBC:units = "W/M2" ;
                IRTC:units = "W/M2" ;
                MHPEQ:units = "ppb" ;
                MR:units = "g/kg" ;
                MRLA:units = "g/kg" ;
                MRLA1:units = "g/kg" ;
                O3FC:units = "ppbv" ;
                O3FF:units = "SLPM" ;
                O3FN:units = "sccm" ;
                O3FP:units = "mb" ;
                O3FS:units = "Vdc" ;
                O3FT:units = "C" ;
                PALT:units = "M" ;
                PCAB:units = "mbar" ;
                PCN:units = "mbar" ;
                PERACAL:units = "ppb" ;
                PERACOR:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERAZRO:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERBCAL:units = "ppb" ;
                PERBCOR:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERBZRO:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERCT:units = "C" ;
                PERFA:units = "slpm" ;
                PERSA:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERSB:units = "Vdc" ;
                PERST:units = "Vdc" ;
                PITCH:units = "deg" ;
                PLWCC:units = "g/M3" ;
                PLWCC1:units = "g/M3" ;
                PSFC:units = "mbar" ;
                PSFDC:units = "mbar" ;
                PSXC:units = "mbar" ;
                RHODT:units = "g/M3" ;
                RHOLA:units = "g/M3" ;
                RHOLA1:units = "g/M3" ;
                RHUM:units = "%" ;
                ROOH:units = "ppb" ;
                ROLL:units = "deg" ;
                RSTB:units = "C" ;
                RSTB1:units = "C" ;
                SWB:units = "W/M2" ;
                SWT:units = "W/M2" ;
                TASF:units = "M/s" ;
                TEO3:units = "ppb" ;
                TEO3C:units = "ppb" ;
                TEP:units = "mbar" ;
                TET:units = "C" ;
                THETA:units = "K" ;
                THETAE:units = "K" ;
                THETAV:units = "K" ;
                UVB:units = "W/M2" ;
                UVT:units = "W/M2" ;
                UX:units = "M/s" ;
                VY:units = "M/s" ;
                WD:units = "deg" ;
                WI:units = "M/s" ;
                WS:units = "M/s" ;
                XCO2DFP:units = "mbar" ;
                XCO2ENT:units = "C" ;
                XCO2F:units = "sccm" ;
                XCO2IBF:units = "sccm" ;
                XCO2INP:units = "mbar" ;
                XCO2MDE:units = "Vdc" ;
                XCO2RFF:units = "sccm" ;
                XCO2S:units = "Vdc" ;
                XCO2SMP:units = "mbar" ;
                XCO2T:units = "C" ;
                XCOAN1:units = "Vdc" ;
                XCOAN2:units = "Vdc" ;
                XCOXG:units = "G" ;
                XCOYG:units = "G" ;
                XCOZG:units = "G" ;
                XL2OS:units = "Vdc" ;
                XO3FCNT:units = "cnts" ;
                XUIC:units = "M/s" ;
                XVIC:units = "M/s" ;
                XUXC:units = "M/s" ;
                XVYC:units = "M/s" ;
                O3FV:units = "LPM" ;
                XWDC:units = "deg" ;
                XWIC:units = "M/s" ;
                XWSC:units = "M/s" ;
                COMED:units = "V" ;
                XCO2ZERO:units = "V" ;
                CON2P1:units = "N/L" ;
                PLWC6_IBR:units = "g/M3" ;
                PLWCF_OBR:units = "g/M3" ;
                THDG:units = "deg" ;
                PALTC:units = "m" ;