Gary, > > > I was wondering if there was any way in the netCDF standard to have a 2-d dim- > ension grid, ie, N "coordinates" each of which is a lat-lon pair, and then each > field is defined on that grid. > Yes, I did something like this for the UWM/COADS data set (see CDL below). The problem is that no software appear able to read it directly. In retrospect, I believe it was a mistake, we should have adopted something like the COARDS conventions (which I don't whether it existed back in 1990). Arlindo. ................................................................... netcdf sst { dimensions: mon = 12 ; npoint = 42164 ; // only ocean gridpoints variables: short mon(mon) ; mon:long_name = "month" ; short lat(npoint) ; lat:long_name = "latitude of nth point" ; lat:units = "degrees_north" ; lat:add_offset = -90.5f ; lat:valid_range = 1s, 180s ; short lon(npoint) ; lon:long_name = "longitude of nth point" ; lon:units = "degrees_east" ; lon:add_offset = -0.5f ; lon:valid_range = 1s, 360s ; short clm(mon, npoint) ; clm:long_name = "1945-89 climatology for each month" ; clm:units = "celsius " ; clm:scale_factor = 0.0099999998f ; clm:add_offset = 25.f ; clm:valid_range = -3495s, 858s ; // global attributes: :source = "University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Version 1.06 of 02/11/93 " ; :title = "sea surface temperature$" ; } -- *----------------------------------------------------------------------* | | | ^|^ ARLINDO MORAES DA SILVA, JR. | | | Data Assimilation Office, Code 910.3 | | _|_ NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | | @ ___|___|__ Greenbelt, MD 20771 | | _|_|__________|_______/ | | \ o o o o o o o / Office: (301) 805-7959 | | \_______________/ FAX: (301) 805-7960 | | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | | E-mail: dasilva@gsfc.nasa.gov Home: (301) 754-1121 | | | *----------------------------------------------------------------------*