[netcdf-java] Detecting dimensional and dimensionless vertical coordinates

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• Subject: [netcdf-java] Detecting dimensional and dimensionless vertical coordinates
• From: "Jon Blower" <jdb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 17:38:47 +0000

Hi all,

In a GridCoordSystem, is there a way of detecting whether the vertical
axis (assuming it exists) is dimensional or dimensionless (e.g.
sigma)?  I guess I could manually look for the long_name or
standard_name attribute, but is there a way that's built-in to
Java-NetCDF (I'm on version 4.0)?

Cheers, Jon

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