20020320: request for help netcdf variable type conversion

srikanthn79,

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The above message contained the following:

> Respected Sir/Madam,
> I run a fortran source that interacts with netcdf
> routines by getting the values of certain variables
> reading from the user supplied netcdf file.I compile
> the fortran source on a irix m/c with option -r8 but
> this type conversion is troubling as the values stored
> in netcdf file are not interpreted properly which is
> due to type cast I suppose.I also used a 64 bit
> version of netcdf but that didn,t help me.I request if
> there is any option with ncdump to manipulate the data
> value in terms of float to double precision manually
> and then to cdf format.So please could you help me
> regarding the solution of the problem posed.

In order to uncover the details of the problem, I suggest that you build
the netCDF package from source.  Part of the build process is a very
exhaustive testing of the package.  If it passes the tests, then you may
be assured of correct behavior.

The netCDF source-package and build instructions may be found at

    http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/netcdf/index.html

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