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19981214: Re: Simple NETCDF question: order of dimensions

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  • Subject: 19981214: Re: Simple NETCDF question: order of dimensions
  • Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 15:16:10 -0700
Kevin,

>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:57:00 -0500
>From: address@hidden
>Organization: NOVA University
>To: address@hidden
>Subject: RE: 19981214: Re: Simple NETCDF question: order of dimensions
>Keywords: 199812142123.OAA00938

In the above message, you wrote:

> Boy, that was fast!

We give good service.  :-)

> To clarify: 
> 
> So, in other words, given any netcdf dataset, when
> specifying the dimensions of a data array, I must
> reverse the order of the dimensions as given in 
> the CDL notation (via ncdump) before reading in
> the array via nf_get_var_real,e.g.. Then I deal with
> the array in the usual manner.
> 
> Correcto?

Correctomundo.

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>