Re: 20050408:splitting netcdf file into multiple files by date

Unidata Support <address@hidden> writes:

> ------- Forwarded Message
>
>>To: address@hidden
>>From: Selina Satterfield <address@hidden>
>>Subject: splitting netcdf file into multiple files by date
>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>Keywords: 200504081920.j38JKnv2016454
>
> Being new to netCDf development I'm not sure if this
> is considered a simple question about use or not so I
> apologize if I am mailing the wrong group in advanced.
>
> Currently I will have a large number of netcdf files
> that contain multiple dimensions, variables , and data
> for a period of time.  Here is a cdl that I generated
> with ncdump of one of the files
>
> netcdf test {
> dimensions:
>       lat = 141 ;
>       lon = 360 ;
>       time = UNLIMITED ; // (31 currently)
> variables:
>       float lat(lat) ;
>               lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;
>               lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
>       float lon(lon) ;
>               lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;
>               lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
>       float time(time) ;
>               time:long_name = "Time" ;
>               time:units = "hours since 1997-01-01" ;
>       float age_rcnt_obs(time, lat, lon) ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:_FillValue = 999.f ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:long_name = "Age of Recent Observation"
> ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:missing_value = 999.f ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:units = "Hours" ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:valid_max = 255.f ;
>               age_rcnt_obs:valid_min = 0.f ;
>       float anal_temp(time, lat, lon) ;
>               anal_temp:_FillValue = 9999.f ;
>               anal_temp:long_name = "Analysis Temperature" ;
>               anal_temp:missing_value = 999.9f ;
>               anal_temp:scale_factor = 0.1f ;
>               anal_temp:units = "Deg. C" ;
>               anal_temp:valid_max = 70.f ;
>               anal_temp:valid_min = -10.f ;
>       float avgrad(time, lat, lon) ;
>               etc.....;
>
> // global attributes:
>               :title = "SST 100 KM FIELD" ;
> data:
>
>  lat = -70, -69, -68, -67, -66, -65, -64, -63, -62,
> -61, -60, -59, -58, -57, 
>     -56, -55, -54, -53, -52, -51, -50, -49, -48, -47,
> -46, -45, -44, -43, 
>     etc..............;
>
>  lon = -180, -179, -178, -177, -176, -175, -174, -173,
> -172, -171, -170, 
>     -169, -168, -167, -166, -165, -164, -163, -162,
> -161, -160, -159, -158, 
>     -157, -156, -155, -154, -153, -152, -151, -150,
> -149, -148, -147, -146, 
>     -145, -144, -143, -142, -141, -140, -139, -138,
> -137, -136, -135, -134, 
>     etc..............;
>
>  time = 60600, 60624, 60648, 60672, 60696, 60720,
> 60744, 60768, 60792, 60816, 
>     60840, 60864, 60888, 60912, 60936, 60960, 60984,
> 61008, 61032, 61056, 
>     61080, 61104, 61128, 61152, 61176, 61200, 61224,
> 61248, 61272, 61296, 
>     61320 ;
>
>  age_rcnt_obs =
>   .........etc
>
> As you can see with the time there is data for 31
> days. What I would like to do is create 31 separate
> files using the NetCDF C++ Interface. Each file would
> include all dimensions variables attributes and only
> the data for that single day. I can't use a utility I
> need to create this myself since dates and other
> information needs to be obtained from a database. My
> question is can anyone send a code example of how I
> might do this? Thank you for your time and
> consideration.
>
> Selina

Sorry, I don't have any such example, but I suggest that you post this
question on the netcdf mailing list - send it to
address@hidden

The netcdf list has a wide readership, and you may be able to get an
answer there.

Good luck,

Ed

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Ed Hartnett  -- address@hidden