Hello everyone
I have a couple questions regarding the definition of dimensions in groups;
Consider the following CDL definition
netcdf in_grp {
dimensions:
lon=3;
variables:
//coordinate variable
float lon(lon);
data:
lon=1,2,3;
group: g1 {
dimensions:
lon=2;
variables:
float lon(lon);
float data(lon)
data:
lon=1,2;
} // end g1
} // end
There is a "lon" dimension/coordinate variable both at root and in group /g1
and they have different dimensions, so variable named "data" has 2 dimensions
with the same name in scope,
and somehow has to choose one
Just wanted to confirm
1) Is this definition legal?
2) What is the algorithm that the netCDF library uses to distinguish between
both dimensions in scope for the variable /g1/data?
3) Defining "lon" as a coordinate variable instead of just a dimension name,
does this definition has any consequence for the way this is handled by the
library for this case?
Can someone from Unidata please point me to the location in the source code
where this is handled?
thanks
Pedro
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Pedro Vicente
http://www.space-research.org/
