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> To: address@hidden > Subject: Re: netCDF file reader for GrADS? Hi Hoop, > I thought I would update you on our conversation of this Subject: from early > this year. I've updated cdcncdump; the original version was so lame that > it required the time variable to have the name "time". It now checks for > a unit attribute, and checks if the that attribute value is scannable by > udunits, and, in addition, passes the utIsTime and utHasOrigin checks. The > first one so matching is used as the time coordinate. > > Also, the SDF interface in GrADS will be undergoing a significant enhancement > before the production release (which, BTW, will probably have a number > beginning with 1.7 rather than 1.6). Actually, it's a supplement, rather > than an enhancement. I've added a new interface, called XDF. It reads > a data descriptor file to supplement the internal metadata of an netCDF/ > HDF-SDS file. As I've grown fond of saying lately, netCDF allows one to > create Self-Describing Files, but does not require it. So now, GrADS will > soon be accepting eXternally-Describing Files. I've successfully looked > at EOSDIS HDF-SDS files with this technique. In addition to being a > mechanism for supplying missing (according to COARDS conventions) metadata, > it can also be used to substitute alternative metadata. Just thought you'd > like to be kept informed.... Thanks for the information. I'm adding this to our support replies, so someone looking for information about a GrADS interface might be able to find it. --Russ _____________________________________________________________________ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu