Hi Kyle, The problem was fixed last week. The packing scheme used was second order Spatial differencing. The code was written but there wasn't any test files to test the code, therefore it had problems. The netCDF-Java 4.1 snapshot release will include this change in the next day or so. The current plan is for 4.1 to become our stable release in mid-September. RObb... Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GGQ-174057 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Critical Status: Open