Hi. If each variable uses only one of the unlimited dimensions, then I think you are CF compliant.
Grace and peace, Jim 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 Aug 30, 2012, at 2:43 AM, Michael Decker <m.dec...@fz-juelich.de> wrote: > Hi Randy, > > well, if you want to stick to the _classic_ data model, then I think you > will have to stick with a single unlimited dimension only. As I > understand the netcdf FAQ > (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/#fv18) you would have to > use the "enhanced" NetCDF-4 format to be able to include multiple > unlimited dimensions - and this will break compatibility with the > NetCDF-3 format. > > I'm not really sure about implications regarding CF-conformity. There > are some paragraphs that refer to the unlimited dimension concerning > dimension order of variables for example. So multiple unlimited > dimensions might break this requirement... > > Regards, > Michael > > On 28.08.2012 22:59, Randy Horne wrote: >> For the GOES-R product files, the plan is to use the NetCDF4 file format and >> the classic data model. >> >> Is it CF compliant if a NetCDF dataset/file uses two different unlimited >> dimensions in two data variables ? >> >> very respectfully, >> >> randy >> >> >> ..............End of Message ...............................--> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CF-metadata mailing list >> CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu >> http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata >> > > > -- > Michael Decker > Forschungszentrum Jülich > Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung - Troposphäre (IEK-8) > > Tel.: +49 2461 61-3867 > E-Mail: m.dec...@fz-juelich.de > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH > 52425 Juelich > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich > Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), > Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, > Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > CF-metadata mailing list > CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
_______________________________________________ CF-metadata mailing list CF-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu http://mailman.cgd.ucar.edu/mailman/listinfo/cf-metadata
