You can specify brief (-b) or full (-f) annotation, showing indices in either 1-based Fortran or 0-based C order.
$ ncdump -b f mslp.nc
netcdf mslp {
dimensions:
lat = 6 ;
lon = 4 ;
time = UNLIMITED ; // (2 currently)
variables:
float lat(lat) ;
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
float lon(lon) ;
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
double time(time) ;
time:units = "seconds since 2009-01-01" ;
float pr(time, lat, lon) ;
pr:standard_name = "air_pressure_at_sea_level" ;
pr:units = "hPa" ;
// global attributes:
:title = "example for workshop" ;
data:
lat = 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 ;
lon = -125, -110, -95, -80 ;
time = 7776000, 15552000 ;
pr =
// pr(1-4 ,1,1)
900.5, 901, 902, 903,
// pr(1-4 ,2,1)
904, 905, 906, 907,
// pr(1-4 ,3,1)
908, 909, 910, 911,
// pr(1-4 ,4,1)
912, 913, 914, 915,
// pr(1-4 ,5,1)
916, 917, 918, 919,
// pr(1-4 ,6,1)
920, 921, 922, 923,
// pr(1-4 ,1,2)
972, 973, 974, 975,
// pr(1-4 ,2,2)
976, 977, 978, 979,
// pr(1-4 ,3,2)
980, 981, 982, 983,
// pr(1-4 ,4,2)
984, 985, 986, 987,
// pr(1-4 ,5,2)
988, 989, 990, 991,
// pr(1-4 ,6,2)
992, 993, 994, 995 ;
}
$ ncdump -f c mslp.nc
netcdf mslp {
dimensions:
lat = 6 ;
lon = 4 ;
time = UNLIMITED ; // (2 currently)
variables:
float lat(lat) ;
lat:units = "degrees_north" ;
float lon(lon) ;
lon:units = "degrees_east" ;
double time(time) ;
time:units = "seconds since 2009-01-01" ;
float pr(time, lat, lon) ;
pr:standard_name = "air_pressure_at_sea_level" ;
pr:units = "hPa" ;
// global attributes:
:title = "example for workshop" ;
data:
lat =
25, // lat(0)
30, // lat(1)
35, // lat(2)
40, // lat(3)
45, // lat(4)
50; // lat(5)
lon =
-125, // lon(0)
-110, // lon(1)
-95, // lon(2)
-80; // lon(3)
time =
7776000, // time(0)
15552000; // time(1)
pr =
900.5, // pr(0,0,0)
901, // pr(0,0,1)
902, // pr(0,0,2)
903, // pr(0,0,3)
904, // pr(0,1,0)
905, // pr(0,1,1)
906, // pr(0,1,2)
907, // pr(0,1,3)
908, // pr(0,2,0)
909, // pr(0,2,1)
910, // pr(0,2,2)
911, // pr(0,2,3)
912, // pr(0,3,0)
913, // pr(0,3,1)
914, // pr(0,3,2)
915, // pr(0,3,3)
916, // pr(0,4,0)
917, // pr(0,4,1)
918, // pr(0,4,2)
919, // pr(0,4,3)
920, // pr(0,5,0)
921, // pr(0,5,1)
922, // pr(0,5,2)
923, // pr(0,5,3)
972, // pr(1,0,0)
973, // pr(1,0,1)
974, // pr(1,0,2)
975, // pr(1,0,3)
976, // pr(1,1,0)
977, // pr(1,1,1)
978, // pr(1,1,2)
979, // pr(1,1,3)
980, // pr(1,2,0)
981, // pr(1,2,1)
982, // pr(1,2,2)
983, // pr(1,2,3)
984, // pr(1,3,0)
985, // pr(1,3,1)
986, // pr(1,3,2)
987, // pr(1,3,3)
988, // pr(1,4,0)
989, // pr(1,4,1)
990, // pr(1,4,2)
991, // pr(1,4,3)
992, // pr(1,5,0)
993, // pr(1,5,1)
994, // pr(1,5,2)
995; // pr(1,5,3)
}