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> I will look into that. I was hoping though, that I could awoid > converting the netCDF files into text files cause that will increase the > size of the file. Yes, the alternatives I suggested in the last two paragraphs did not involve converting the data into an intermediate text form, though I'm not sure that was clear in my reply. That would be the best way to go, if you have the time and resources for programming a solution. Use of a netCDF interface to a scripting language such as python, perl, or ruby may be the easiest way to accomplish tasks like this, if you have learned one of these scripting languages previously ... --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: QTX-782575 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Critical Status: Closed