Take a look at the CF conventions:
http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.7/cf-conventions.html#discrete-sampling-geometries
Keep on netcdfing!
Ed Hartnett
On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 6:27 AM Dan Carlson <danfcarlson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Folks-
>
> I am attempting to combine multiple datasets from 4 research cruises
> around Greenland in the last 3 years. My initial thought was to make a
> netCDF file for each station occupied by the vessel and specify dimensions
> for each dataset collected at that station. For example, at a given station
> we collected a full-depth CTD profile (depth, temperature, salinity, DO,
> fluorescence, turbidity, PAR, etc.) as well as discrete water samples
> (nutrients, chlorophyll, TSS, etc. at 5-10 depths), and profiles from other
> instruments (Satlantic, SUNA, and others). So my netCDF file has a CTD
> dimension, a nutrient dimension, and dimensions for any other profiles.
> Before I commit to this I'd like to know if there's an accepted standard
> but I haven't been able to find anything. Do any of you know how other
> interdisciplinary research cruises have managed their data using netCDF?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
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