Re: TIEGCM history files

Ben Foster wrote:

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> > Hi Ben-
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> > Ben Foster wrote:
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> > > I thought John said he could view the "Grid variables", which are
> > > mostly 4-d.  You're saying you can only view 2-d vars? I guess
> > > you mean only lat x lon slices, i.e., w/o the vertical dimension.
> > >      
> > John misspoke when he said that.  The IDV will read in the
> > grid and put up a list of the 3D variables.  However, when
> > you try to display any of them, you will get an error that
> > it does not support a vertical unit of "" (ilev or lev).
> >    
Don's right, i didnt notice the nonstandard vertical coordinate.

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> > > We are planning to propose "atmosphere_log_pressure_coordinate"
> > > as a new unitless CF vertical coordinate. 
If you will get CF's blessing on this, I will add the VerticalTransform 
to implement it.