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[netCDFJava #FCJ-539810]: ensemble dimension
- Subject: [netCDFJava #FCJ-539810]: ensemble dimension
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:40:14 -0700
> John-
>
> I understand that there is no CF convention for ensembles, but I have a
> question on writing them through my GrADS IOSP. I looked at the GFS
> Ensembles on motherlode and that uses a String variable for the ensemble
> coordinate variable. GrADS has names for each ensemble member so I
> could follow that model. I looked on the CF site for a discussion and
> the current direction that people were headed but didn't see anything.
>
> Is using the names as a coordinate variable your recommendation?
>
> Don
> --
> Don Murray
> NOAA/ESRL/PSD and CIRES
> 303-497-3596
> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/people/don.murray/
>
>
any type is fine (i think strings are the best from user pov) , also put
aatribute
_CoordinateAxisType = "Ensemble"
on the ensemble coordinate variable.
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FCJ-539810
Department: Support netCDF Java
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed