Nan, > To: address@hidden > From: Nan Rosenbloom <address@hidden> > Subject: sparse grids > Organization: NCAR > Keywords: 199906082237.QAA09694 In the above message, you wrote: > I use netcdf format extensively for sparse grids (3260 points out of > 5520). But in order to use ncview I believe I need to use a full grid. > But that requires me to fill the missing points with thousands of > background points (I have 2412 values for each gridcell). > > Can you advise on a good way to add these background values without > ballooning the file size? > > thanks - > > nanr The size of a netCDF file won't "ballon" if you replace missing values with actual ones -- unless the netCDF file has a very unusual structure. If you'll send me a CDL version of a typical netCDF file (generated via "ncdump -h") I'll verify that statement. -------- Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>