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Hi Tim, I grabbed your dataset and I'm seeing this here as well. All "valid_min" attributes of type byte are being converted by OPeNDAP to Int16 instead of Byte. None of the other byte attributes are affected. E.g., all the corresponding "valid_max" byte attributes are Byte in OPeNDAP. We'll look into this further and see about a fix. Thanks, Ethan Tim Pugh wrote: > Package Version: TDS 4.2.8 - 20110727.2340 > Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-274.el, Apache Tomcat/6.0.26, JVM 1.6.0_26-b03 > Hardware: Intel x86_64 > > I've attached two ncdump files, one file is the ncdump of a local netCDF > file's > meta-data, and the other is the ncdump of a remote netCDF file's meta-data > from a > Unidata THREDDS server (v4.2.8). The difference between the files is the > valid_min > attribute which has been changed seven times from "-127b" to "-127s". > > sses_bias:valid_min = -127s ; > sses_standard_deviation:valid_min = -127s ; > dt_analysis:valid_min = -127s ; > wind_speed:valid_min = -127s ; > wind_speed_dtime_from_sst:valid_min = -127s ; > sea_ice_fraction_dtime_from_sst:valid_min = -127s ; > satellite_zenith_angle:valid_min = -90s ; > > To test this, ask our THREDDS data server for the das or ddx response, and > you'll see the incorrect response, the valid_min will appear as Int16. Then > download the file and inspect the metadata. > > http://opendap.bom.gov.au:8080/thredds/dodsC/ghrsst_l3s/ABOM-L3S_GHRSST-SSTs > kin-AVHRR_D/2011/20111121180229-ABOM-L3S_GHRSST-SSTskin-AVHRR_D-1d_night-v02.0-fv01.0.nc.gz.das > > I've confirmed that the attribute for valid_min in the file is written as > "-127b". > > Regards, > > - Tim - > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: NCT-216206 Department: Support THREDDS Priority: Urgent Status: Open