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Re: Java NetCDF

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  • Subject: Re: Java NetCDF
  • Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:01:28 -0600
> I have been using Java netCDF to access some station data (METAR, and
> other obs) and have not found a way to retrieve the station names
> (String).  The Java netCDF version that I am using is the Alpha version
> from Unidata (as far as I can tell) with some minor mods by Leigh Angus
> at FSL.  Does the Alpha version support strings?  Any ideas on how I
> could retrieve the station names?
>
> - Herb

The lastest release, 19980626, still doesn't have text support for variables.
I was looking at it then, and it is not a big deal. I'll try to get to it this
week. I put it off trying to decide about how to handle String vs
array-of-character.

-glenn