Hi, Sorry this was a bug in netCDF-4.0 that is fixed in netCDF-4.0.1-beta, available from ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4.0.1-beta1.tar.gz Thanks for reporting the problem. --Russ Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: CVH-600179 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed