Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-09 Thread John Caron
s. >>> >>> I was unaware that the axis attribute should not be used for scalar >>> coordinate variables (as describe in Section 5.7). Is this intended? >>> In any case, I don't think this small error should cause the NetCDF >>> viewers I tried

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-09 Thread Steve Hankin
ilto:taylo...@llnl.gov] Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 11:03 To: Timothy Hume Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Hi Tim, Other than the axis attribute for time, I didn't see any issues. You might

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-08 Thread Douglas Schuster
Tim. -Original Message- From: John Caron [mailto:ca...@unidata.ucar.edu] Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 12:56 To: Karl Taylor Cc: Timothy Hume; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Hi Karl, Tim:

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-08 Thread Jonathan Gregory
Dear all I think we excluded the axis attribute from auxiliary coords because it is intended for the 1D coord variables. However we didn't allow for the special case of a scalar coord variable, which is really equivalent to a size-1 1D coord variable. I agree with Karl that scalar coord variables

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Hume
Message- From: John Caron [mailto:ca...@unidata.ucar.edu] Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 12:56 To: Karl Taylor Cc: Timothy Hume; cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Hi Karl, Tim: I think the original wording

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Hume
> > -Original Message- > From: Karl Taylor [mailto:taylo...@llnl.gov] > Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 11:03 > To: Timothy Hume > Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu > Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF > file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] &

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread John Caron
scalar >> coordinate variables (as describe in Section 5.7). Is this intended? >> In any case, I don't think this small error should cause the NetCDF >> viewers I tried (IDV and Joe Sirott's web application) to not work. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim. &

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Karl Taylor
use the NetCDF viewers I tried (IDV and Joe Sirott's web application) to not work. Cheers, Tim. -Original Message- From: Karl Taylor [mailto:taylo...@llnl.gov] Sent: Thursday, 8 January 2009 11:03 To: Timothy Hume Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Hume
To: Timothy Hume Cc: cf-metadata@cgd.ucar.edu Subject: Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Hi Tim, Other than the axis attribute for time, I didn't see any issues. You might run the CF compliance checker on the file (http://cf-pcmdi.l

Re: [CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Karl Taylor
Hi Tim, Other than the axis attribute for time, I didn't see any issues. You might run the CF compliance checker on the file (http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/conformance), but it might not run if the other utilities stumbled. Maybe someone else has some ideas. cheers, Karl Timothy Hume wrote:

[CF-metadata] Storing multiple NWP model runs in a NetCDF - CF file [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2009-01-07 Thread Timothy Hume
Hi, I am writing NetCDF files which hold surface fields (2m temperature etc) from multiple NWP model runs (all the runs from the same model for the last month or so). The files are for operational use, so I want them to strictly follow the CF conventions. I am running into a couple of problems,