Wouldn't you also need the profile dimension on the temperature and pressure variables in order to connect them all as part of the same profile collection?
Jim Biard Research Scholar Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites Remote Sensing and Applications Division National Climatic Data Center 151 Patton Ave, Asheville, NC 28801-5001 jim.bi...@noaa.gov 828-271-4900 On Apr 30, 2012, at 8:46 AM, John Caron wrote: > On 4/29/2012 5:33 PM, andrew walsh wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> My responses inline below. >> >> Andrew >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Caron" <ca...@unidata.ucar.edu> >> To: <cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:39 AM >> Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Ocean CTD data following CF Conventions v1.6 >> >> >>> Hi Andrew: >>> >>> You can use a dimension=1 instead of a scalar. >> >> OK, you mean if one used the vector method. > > yes > >> >>> >>> But you cant use >>> >>> lat(lat) >>> lon(lon) >>> time(time) >>> >>> the correct usage in the single profile case would be: >>> >>> lat(profile) >>> lon(profile) >>> time(profile) >> >> So, do you mean in the vector method have this? (simpler I guess to >> have common profile dimension = 1) > > yes, you cant use incorrect dimensions, even when they are all = 1. > >> >> dimensions: >> profile=1 >> pressure = 57 >> >> variables: >> lat(profile) >> lon(profile) >> time(profile) >> pressure(pressure) >> temperature(pressure) >> >> Instead of this? >> >> Dimensions: >> time=1 >> lat=1 >> lon=1 >> pressure=57 >> >> Variables: >> time(time) >> lat(lat) >> lon(lon) >> pressure(pressure) >> temperature(pressure) > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
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