Hi Wilson, Here's netcdf-java documentation: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/v4.2/javadoc/index.html Opening the file as a NetcdfFile then one can get the variable names in the file by getVariables(). There are many other file inquiry routines also. If one makes the nc file descriptor a NetcdfDataset, then there are more routines available. Also, one can use GridDataset.open( filename ) to get at the coordinate level information for the file. Also one can get the Netcdf information from the GridDataset by obtaining the netcdfFile associated with the GridDataset. Robb... Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WVP-802872 Department: Support netCDF Decoders Priority: Normal Status: Open