David - Thanks for the additional example. I knew I was bound to have missed
something.
Jim - I agree. I looked through the CF conventions for some string-related
examples and they all used 'char'. What I didn't spot (or appreciate the
significance of) was that they all had a length dimension.
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Chris Barker writes:
On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Jonathan Gregory
> On Dec 18, 2015, at 10:47 AM, V Balaji - NOAA Affiliate
> wrote:
>
> Also, neither I nor any of the original proponents are actively
> developing gridspec at this point. I am happy to support further
> development along the ugrid lines, and treat gridspec's ugrid as a
>