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Hi All - on this topic alone, I would add that every data producer in the GHRSST family does exactly this… all GHRSST-compliant data sets use three dimensions, with time=1. As a server of the data, I can say that not once has a user complained either. As a producer of GHRSST compliant data, I can't fathom why anyone would have heartache about it. GHRSST still has a time variable of course, and we have found that including the time dimension in the specification has allowed for the production of some higher-level products that would not otherwise be possible. For example, if someone wanted to put a whole year of daily data into a single file, they could and still remain GHRSST-compliant. None of the operational data producers in GHRSST do this, but we've done it for some of the retrospective inter-comparison work. GHRSST uses the time dimension in its L2, L3, and L4 specification. Ken p.s. - GHRSST is Group for High Resolution SST, http://www.ghrsst.org. GHRSST Data Specification Version 2.0 is at: https://www.ghrsst.org/files/download.php?m=documents&f=110930142648-GDS20TechnicalSpecificationsv20.pdf On Oct 26, 2011, at 11:44 AM, Tom Rink wrote: > Another issue relates to defining a mechanism to provide a time-stamp for > a file, ie. time dimension length = 1. Many data providers will not subscribe > to the notion of a 3D variable (time,x,y) with time=1. I'm not agreeing or > disagreeing, but engineers associated with the GOES-R project said they > would not do this. So we have a Time(time) variable to hold the nominal > time of the image. [NOTE: The opinions expressed in this email are those of the author alone and do not necessarily reflect official NOAA, Department of Commerce, or US government policy.] Kenneth S. Casey, Ph.D. Technical Director NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center 1315 East-West HighWay Silver Spring MD 20190 USA +1 301-713-3272 x133 http://www.nodc.noaa.gov
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