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Re: [netcdf-java] Announcing Netcdf-Java / CDM version 4.3.8 BETAandemergency shutdown procedures

  • To: John Caron <caron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [netcdf-java] Announcing Netcdf-Java / CDM version 4.3.8 BETAandemergency shutdown procedures
  • From: "Antonio S. Cofiño" <antonio.cofino@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:39:28 +0100
Dear John,

We already have switch off our nuclear power plant ;)

I some document/email I read about you were plannig to support lists of GRIB files in the GRIB IOSP and not only just one.
Is this version supporting it? and how?

Regards

Antonio

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El 09/02/2012 21:19, John Caron escribió:
Announcing Netcdf-Java  / CDM version 4.3.8 BETA

We are feature complete on this version, but there are some major changes that need your help in testing.
In particular, version 4.3 is  a complete rewrite of  GRIB1 and GRIB2 
file handling. Version 4.2 GRIB handling is wrong in a number of ways, 
especially table handling for non NCEP files, and time interval 
coordinate handling.  If you are using CDM or TDS to read GRIB files, 
you want to upgrade as soon as possible. If you are running a nuclear 
power plant with GRIB files, please immediately do an emergency 
shutdown and remain offline until you can inspect.
If you are depending on the CDM/TDS to read GRIB files, you must 
upgrade to 4.3 AND closely examine the output of any files that you 
really care about. Check parameter names and everything else against 
the original documentation if possible, especially if there is any 
local parameter use. Please send us any files you suspect might be 
incorrectly read by the CDM library. Note that we will not backport 
fixes to version 4.2. Note that the variable names in 4.3 will be 
different from those in 4.2.
Evolving documentation for GRIB is 
at:http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/formats/GribTables.html
In addition to GRIB files, version 4.3 also:

 1. handles the CF calendar attribute
    
(http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.html#calendar)
 2. allows a new syntax for calendar dates
    (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf-java/CDM/CalendarDateTime.html)
 3. implements the official version of the CF 1.6 Discrete Sampling
    Geometries
    
(http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.6/cf-conventions.html#discrete-sampling-geometries)
 4. supports client side certificates in OPeNDAP
 5. has functioning maven builds, with refactored modules
 6. has complete source at https://github.com/Unidata/thredds

If you need any of this, please test and give feedback now, while there is time to make changes. TDS version 4.3 (beta) will also be available shortly, but its much easier to test things with CDM and ToolsUI than in the TDS.
Thanks,
John


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