[netCDFJava #ERN-943149]: Issue with glider (autonomous underwater vehicle) data and NetCDF-Java library.

> Hi John
> 
> Thanks for your quick answer.
> 
> I will wait for the new results.

whats the meaning of the "profile index" variable?

netcdf D:/work/signell/rt_20090512_willy2.nc {
 dimensions:
   time = UNLIMITED;   // (53176 currently)
 variables:
   int profile_index(time=53176);
     :long_name = "profile index";
     :standard_name = "profile_index";
     :units = "ordinal, adimensional";
     :FillValue = 9999; // int
   float time(time=53176);
     :long_name = "datum time";
     :standard_name = "time";
     :units = "seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00";
   float latitude(time=53176);
     :long_name = "latitude";
     :standard_name = "latitude";
     :units = "degrees_north";
     :valid_min = "-90";
     :valid_max = "90";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float longitude(time=53176);
     :long_name = "longitude";
     :standard_name = "longitude";
     :units = "degrees_east";
     :valid_min = "-180";
     :valid_max = "180";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float pressure(time=53176);
     :long_name = "pressure";
     :standard_name = "sea_water_pressure";
     :units = "dbar";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float conductivity(time=53176);
     :long_name = "conductivity";
     :standard_name = "sea_water_electrical_conductivity";
     :units = "S m-1";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float temperature(time=53176);
     :long_name = "temperature";
     :standard_name = "sea_water_temperature";
     :units = "celsius";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float salinity(time=53176);
     :long_name = "salinity";
     :standard_name = "sea_water_salinity";
     :units = "PSU";
     :FillValue = "9999";
   float altitude(time=53176);
     :long_name = "depth";
     :standard_name = "sea_water_depth";
     :units = "-1.0m";
     :positive = "down";
     :FillValue = "9999";

 :title = "SINOCOP-W2";
 :type = "Glider data file";
 :Conventions = "CF-1.0";
 :netcdf_version = "3.6.1";
 :creation_date = "2009-05-12 8:36:14";
 :references = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es/tmoos/gliders/";;
 :provider = "CODO (Centro Operacional de Datos Oceanograficos";
 :history = "18-May-2009 01:07:19:  Content updated with new glider 
data\n17-May-2009 12:11:31:  Content updated with new glider data\n17-May-2009 
05:13:30:  Content updated with new glider data\n17-May-2009 03:58:29:  Content 
updated with new glider data\n16-May-2009 21:15:19:  Content updated with new 
glider data\n16-May-2009 08:35:34:  Content updated with new glider 
data\n16-May-2009 01:40:30:  Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 
20:20:16:  Content updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 13:46:16:  Content 
updated with new glider data\n15-May-2009 07:02:16:  Content updated with new 
glider data\n15-May-2009 00:01:29:  Content updated with new glider 
data\n14-May-2009 17:14:29:  Content updated with new glider data\n14-May-2009 
11:53:29:  Content updated with new glider data\n13-May-2009 22:29:17:  Content 
updated with new glider data\n13-May-2009 15:17:27:  Content updated with new 
glider data\n13-May-2009 08:31:17:  Content updated with new glider data\n1
 2-May-2009 12:50:32:  Content updated with new glider data\nGlider data file 
definition, Version 0.1, MAR 28, 2008";
 :summary = "The general objective of this experiment is to study mesoscale and 
sub-mesoscale processes of a coastal front (such as the Balearic Current) using 
a multi-sensor observational approach combined with numerical modelling. 
Observations will include: gliders, drifters, ARGO floats, tide gauge data, 
standard CTDs together with remote sensing images (altimetry, SST and ocean 
color). ";
 :cdm_data_type = "Time-Series";
 :data_mode = "R";
 :project_name = "SINOCOP/MyOcean";
 :pi_name = "Ananda Pascual";
 :platform_code = "willy2";
 :ptt = "88053";
 :trans_system = "IRIDIUM";
 :positioning_system = "GPS";
 :platform_model = "WEBB SLOCUM";
 :platform_maker = "Webb Research Corporation";
 :anomaly = "none";
 :launch_date = "2009-05-12 08:00:37";
 :launch_latitude = "40.131";
 :launch_longitude = "2.1922";
 :launch_qc = "1";
 :start_date = "2009-05-12 08:00:37";
 :start_date_qc = "1";
 :end_misison_date = "0000-00-00 00:00:00";
 :southernmost_latitude = "<decimal degrees North>";
 :northernmost_latitude = "<decimal degrees North>";
 :westernmost_longitude = "<decimal degrees East>";
 :easternmost_longitude = "<decimal degrees East>";
 :institution = "IMEDEA";
 :institution_reference = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es";;
 :contact = "http://imedea.uib-csic.es/tmoos/";;
 :distribution_statement = "Approved for public release. Distribution 
Unlimited";
 :quality_index = "0";
}


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: ERN-943149
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Urgent
Status: Open