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Erick,
> To: address@hidden
> From: address@hidden
> Subject: Modifying CIA database
> Organization: UCAR/Unidata
> Keywords: 200105161729.f4GHTOp14723
The above message contained the following:
> Hi,
>
> I want to correct some boundaries in a CIA (WDB) data bank stored in a
> NetCdf database.
> Is there an easy way to do this ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Erick Nuwendam
I'm not aware of an "easy" way to do this. I imagine the file is quite
large -- so using the "ncdump" utility is probably unreasonable.
You'll have to find a software package that allows editing of netCDF
datasets. A list of such packages is available at
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/software.html
Good luck.
Regards,
Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>