Carlie, We've created a beta-test version of a new netCDF package that should fix your problem. The release is available at the following URL ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-3.5-beta2.tar.Z If you use it, would you please let us know if it solves your problem. Regards, Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>