> Is there a way to store outline information in NetCDF/CF? = > > > I am looking for a way to store e.g. glacier outline, sea ice edge/extent e= > tc = > > in NetCDF. It would simplify data management within heterogeneous systems. = > > Data can then be dumped to Shapefiles, KML etc upon user request, but for l= > ong = > > term data management purposes they may be stored in NetCDF/CF along with = > > gridded data, time series, trajectories etc.
There are no CF conventions for storing such outline information, but the widely used GMT (Generic Mapping Tools) software uses netCDF with GMT-specific conventions for storing coastal outlines, as line segments in tiles. For a high-level description see the section "K.3 The long and winding road" from the GMT Technical Reference and Cookbook by Paul Wessel and Walter H. F. Smith: http://tabs2.gerg.tamu.edu/gmt/GMT_Docs/node222.html --Russ _______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
